U.K. Stock Market Update

U.K. stocks fell after the close on Friday, primarily due to declines in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mobile Telecommunications, and Software & Computer Services sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 index declined by 0.30%.

Best Performers

The top performers on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 included:
– Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS): up 2.79% or 17.00 points to 626.50
– B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB): added 2.17% or 7.70 points to end at 362.70
– Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO): up 2.04% or 8.00 points to 399.60

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT): down 2.25% or 58.00 points to 2,516.00
– JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD): declined 2.16% or 2.10 points to 95.00
– Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX): down 1.99% or 22.00 points to 1,084.00

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 926 to 894, with 612 stocks ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures (February delivery) rose 1.44% or 37.51 to $2,645.61 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil (January delivery) fell 1.73% or 1.22 to $69.36 per barrel.
• Brent Oil (February contract) was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $72.81 per barrel.

Currency Update

• GBP/USD rose 0.84% to 1.26.
• EUR/GBP remained unchanged at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures fell 0.72% to 107.37.