NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tesco (LONDON:TSCO), which rose 2.71% or 5.90 points to trade at 223.65 at the close. Meanwhile, J Sainsbury PLC (LONDON:SBRY) added 0.69% or 1.90 points to end at 276.30 and BT Group (LONDON:BT) was up 0.64% or 2.95 points to 464.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM), which fell 5.05% or 58.00 points to trade at 1090.00 at the close. Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) declined 3.54% or 35.20 points to end at 959.60 and BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) was down 2.58% or 34.50 points to 1301.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1541 to 1023 and 454 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.54% or 35.20 to 959.60.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.04% or 0.50 to $1172.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.42% or 0.25 to hit $59.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $63.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.5733, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.7084.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 95.76.
