U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.34%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Tobacco, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Household Goods&Home Construction sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Prudential PLC (LON:PRU), which rose 2.84% or 18.60 points to trade at 673.40 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 2.70% or 18.50 points to end at 703.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 1.80% or 42.00 points to 2,379.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS), which lost 3.41% or 15.80 points to trade at 447.00 in late trade. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 3.23% or 88.00 points to end at 2,640.00 and Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV) shed 2.27% or 22.50 points to 968.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 951 to 771 and 728 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.95% or 25.60 to $2,733.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.66% or 1.17 to hit $69.50 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.58% or 1.18 to trade at $73.27 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 103.39.