LONDON: UK stocks ended lower on Friday, as losses in the Food & Drug Retailers, Industrial Metals & Mining and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led stocks to lose momentum.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were ITV Plc (LONDON:ITV), which rose 1.91% or 4.00 points to trade at 213.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Friends Life Group Ltd (LONDON:FLG) added 1.81% or 6.60 points to end at 371.70 and Aviva Plc (LONDON:AV) was up 1.49% or 7.20 points to 490.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taylor Wimpey Plc (LONDON:TW), which fell 5.35% or 7.10 points to trade at 125.70 at the close. Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) declined 5.20% or 80.00 points to end at 1459.00 and Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) was down 5.12% or 23.30 points to 431.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1331 to 726 and 375 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.68% or 8.20 to $1216.70 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.93% or 0.94 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract fell 2.72% or 1.39 to trade at $49.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.44% to 1.5154, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.7812.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 92.16.
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