The main London index, the FTSE-100 – also known as “footsie” – lost 0.70 points to 7,124.72 integers.
At the close of the stock market, the pound appreciated 0.13% against the euro, to 1.17 euros, and, on the contrary, it lost 0.37% of its value against the dollar, to 1.38 dollars .
The London stock market kept its numbers in green for much of the day, but in the last two hours of activity it began to register losses, which led the market to close in red by one hundredth.
Less than a week from July 19, when the restrictions imposed in England by the pandemic will end, the United Kingdom today maintained its upward trend in the contagion curve, with 36,660 new positive cases, and 50 deaths from coronavirus.
The Mexican-born mining company Fresnillo topped the list of winners of the day, with a rise of 3.11%, followed by Ashtead Group, of machinery rental, which recorded profits of 1.93%, and Rentokil Initial, which increased 1.93%.
On the contrary, among the companies with the greatest losses were the Natwest bank, which fell 2.61%, as well as the Spanish-British group of airlines International Consolidated Airlines, with a fall of 2.25%, and the automobile company Rolls Royce , which lost 2.22%.
