Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Beverage , Chemicals and Insurance sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.82%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON: IHG ), which rose 1.39% or 137.00 points to trade at 10,025.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON: FLTRF ) added 1.29% or 260.00 points to end at 20,470.00 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON: STAN ) was up 1.09% or 11.00 points to 1,025.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Schroders PLC (LON: SDR ), which fell 4.35% or 13.80 points to trade at 303.80 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LON: SBRY ) declined 4.26% or 11.20 points to end at 252.00 and Diageo PLC (LON: DGE ) was down 4.25% or 108.50 points to 2,446.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1177 to 592 and 640 ended unchanged.

Shares in Standard Chartered PLC (LON: STAN ) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.09% or 11.00 to 1,025.00.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 32.04 to $2,722.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.31% or 2.45 to hit $76.37 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.29% or 2.53 to trade at $79.45 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.72% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 109.50.