Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Industrial Transportation and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG), which rose 3.66% or 20.50 points to trade at 580.00 at the close. Associated British Foods (LONDON:ABF) added 2.49% or 76.00 points to end at 3125.00 and Intertek Group (LONDON:ITRK) was up 2.43% or 60.00 points to 2530.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intu Properties Plc (LONDON:INTUP), which lost 5.10% or 19.00 points to trade at 353.50 in late trade. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LONDON:RBS) declined 5.02% or 19.40 points to end at 367.20 and IMI (LONDON:IMI) shed 3.02% or 43.00 points to 1381.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1058 to 1000 and 408 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.49% or 5.90 to $1216.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.95% or 0.94 to hit $49.11 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 2.84% or 1.71 to trade at $61.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.19% to 1.5435, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.7250.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.35.