LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Aerospace & Defense and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which rose 1.80% or 4.00 points to trade at 225.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) added 1.75% or 6.500 points to end at 378.500 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) was up 1.58% or 45.00 points to 2885.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which fell 7.95% or 152.00 points to trade at 1759.00 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.89% or 42.00 points to end at 1413.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 2.70% or 59.00 points to 2126.00. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1110 to 836 and 410 ended unchanged. Shares in Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML) rose to 52-week highs; rising 1.80% or 4.00 to 225.60.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.61% or 7.55 to $1225.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.52 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.51 to trade at $55.59 a barrel. GBP/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2252, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8616. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 101.90.
