U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.20%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment&Services, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Automobiles&Parts sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI), which rose 2.25% or 28.00 points to trade at 1,272.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 1.84% or 44.00 points to end at 2,434.50 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 1.77% or 87.50 points to 5,022.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY), which lost 7.30% or 4.54 points to trade at 57.66 in late trade. Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF) declined 5.73% or 6.60 points to end at 108.60 and Smith&Nephew PLC (LON:SN) shed 3.03% or 34.00 points to 1,088.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 900 to 880 and 684 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $2,748.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.60% or 1.12 to hit $71.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.18 to trade at $75.56 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.07.