Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Materials and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were HSBC Holdings Plc (LONDON:HSBA), which rose 2.86% or 17.50 points to trade at 629.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN) added 2.60% or 7.90 points to end at 311.20 and CRH (LONDON:CRH) was up 2.43% or 45.00 points to 1900.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pearson (LONDON:PSON), which fell 3.00% or 42.00 points to trade at 1360.00 at the close. Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN) declined 2.85% or 13.90 points to end at 473.60 and Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) was down 1.69% or 85.00 points to 4950.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1438 to 1150 and 489 ended unchanged.
Shares in CRH (LONDON:CRH) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.43% or 45.00 to 1900.00.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.52% or 18.10 to $1176.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.90% or 0.52 to hit $57.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.28 to trade at $65.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.78% to 1.5174, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.7163.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 97.10.