Investing.com – U.K. equities started with losses on Friday, with falls in all sectors, the most notable ones being the Industrial Engineering, Personal Goods, Mining and Automobiles & Parts.
At the market open in London, the dropped 0.85%. The and the also fell. The FTSE 250 declined 0.64%, while the FTSE 350 dropped by 0.63%.
Top Gainers:
- Rolls-Royce (LON:) Holdings: Climbed 0.71% or 3.10 points to 437.70
- Auto Trader Group Plc (LON:): Increased 0.20% or 1.60 points to 803.20
- AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:): Rose 0.15% or 18.0 points to 12,144.0
Top Losers:
- Spirax-Sarco Engineering (LON:): Dropped 5.80% or 520.0 points to 8,445.0
- Fresnillo (LON:): Fell 4.72% or 29.50 points to 596.00
- Beazley (LON:): Declined 4.15% or 28.00 points to 646.00
In Commodities Trading:
- for August delivery dropped 37.30 points to 2,419.10 a troy ounce.
- for September delivery fell 0.71 points to 80.59 a barrel.
- September Contract dropped 0.67% or 0.57 points to 84.54 a barrel.
Currency Markets:
- is down from 1.30 at 1.2931.
- is stable at 0.84.
- The Futures was up 0.09% at 103.982
Main Economic Events:
Today’s main economic events in the United Kingdom are data, which were far from .
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