Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the FTSE 350 Chemicals, FTSE 350 - Automobiles & Parts and FTSE 350 Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were National Grid PLC (LON:NG), which rose 1.27% or 13.00 points to trade at 1,036.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 0.23% or 1.20 points to end at 526.20 and Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:PHNX) was up 0.18% or 1.00 points to 549.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX), which fell 4.79% or 360.00 points to trade at 7,160.00 in late trade. Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS) declined 4.48% or 39.50 points to end at 842.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) down 3.99% or 414.00 points to 9,976.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1151 to 631 and 689 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Shares in Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.79% or 360.00 to 7,160.00. Shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) rose to 5-year highs; up 0.23% or 1.20 to 526.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.28% or 33.35 to $2,647.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $71.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.30 to trade at $74.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.33, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.40.