FTSE 100 down; shares declined at market open; house price index data released

Investing.com – U.K. equities started in the red on Friday, with losses in majority of sectors. The top losers were Banks, Industrial Metals & Mining and Personal Goods. However, there are slight gains in Mining and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs.

At the market open in London, the FTSE 100 Index dropped 0.49%. The FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE 350 Index were also down. The FTSE 250 fell 0.02%, while the FTSE 350 was down by 0.35%.

Top Gainers:

• Entain (LON:ENT): Rose 1.05% or 6.80 points to 654.00.
• Flutter (LON:FLTRF) Entertainment: Climbed 0.87% or 140.0 points to 16,200.0.
• DS Smith (LON:SMDS): Increased 0.76 or 3.40 points to 452.80.

Top Losers:

• Rolls-Royce (LON:RR) Holdings: Fell 1.72% or 8.20 points to 469.70.
• Burberry Group (LON:BRBY): Declined 1.98% or 12.6 points to 624.8.
• Barclays (LON:BARC): Dropped 2.04% or 4.65 points to 223.90.

In Commodities Trading:

• Gold Futures for December delivery climbed 5.80 points to 2,548.90 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for October delivery rose 0.16 points to 69.31 a barrel.
• November Brent Oil Contract increased 0.26% or 0.19 points to 72.88 a barrel.

Currency Markets:

• GBP/USD is stable at 1.31.
• EUR/GBP is cruising in the 0.84 territory at 0.8433.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 100.852.

Main Economic Events:

Today's main economic event in the United Kingdom is the house price data from Halifax. Annually, house prices climbed 4.3%. Another expected data today is the mortgage rate.