U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.27%

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Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Chemicals, Automobiles&Parts and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were National Grid PLC (LON:NG), which rose 1.27% or 13.00 points to trade at 1,036.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 0.23% or 1.20 points to end at 526.20 and Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:PHNX) was up 0.18% or 1.00 points to 549.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX), which lost 4.79% or 360.00 points to trade at 7,160.00 in late trade. Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS) declined 4.48% or 39.50 points to end at 842.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) shed 3.99% or 414.00 points to 9,976.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1151 to 631 and 689 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.26% or 32.90 to $2,647.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.30 to trade at $74.58 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.33, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 100.40.

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