U.K. Stocks Close Lower

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after Friday's close, primarily due to losses in the Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications, and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell by 0.14%.

Best Performers

• Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO): +3.51% (14.00 points) to 412.90
• Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG): +2.94% (24.00 points) to 839.50
• Diageo PLC (LON:DGE): +2.35% (60.00 points) to 2,618.50

Worst Performers

• Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX): -2.51% (185.00 points) to 7,195.00
• Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL): -2.46% (62.00 points) to 2,460.50
• Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES): -2.06% (14.00 points) to 665.50

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1009 to 777, with 650 remaining unchanged.

Shares in Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG) hit all-time highs, rising 2.94% (24.00) to 839.50.

Commodities Trading

• Gold Futures (February delivery): -1.09% (29.64) to $2,679.76 per troy ounce
• Crude Oil (January delivery): +1.60% (1.12) to $71.14 per barrel
• Brent Oil (February contract): +1.33% (0.98) to $74.39 per barrel

Forex

• GBP/USD: Unchanged at 1.26
• EUR/GBP: +0.65% at 0.83

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 106.70.