U.K. Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, influenced by losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Fixed Line Telecommunications, and Automobiles & Parts sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.20%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were:
– Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI): rose 2.25% or 28.00 points to trade at 1,272.00 at the close.
– Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL): added 1.84% or 44.00 points to end at 2,434.50.
– Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO): up 1.77% or 87.50 points to 5,022.00 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY): fell 7.30% or 4.54 points to trade at 57.66.
– Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF): declined 5.73% or 6.60 points to end at 108.60.
– Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN): down 3.03% or 34.00 points to 1,088.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 900 to 880 while 684 ended unchanged.

Commodities Trading

• Gold Futures for December delivery was unchanged at $2,748.90 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.60% or 1.12 to hit $71.31 a barrel.
• The December Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.18 to trade at $75.56 a barrel.

Forex Market

• GBP/USD was unchanged at 1.30.
• EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.06.