Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Tobacco and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 1.06% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP), which rose 4.80% or 260.00 points to trade at 5680.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN) added 4.64% or 22.50 points to end at 507.50 and Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) was up 3.83% or 12.20 points to 331.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kingfisher (LONDON:KGF), which fell 0.84% or 3.10 points to trade at 364.00 at the close. CRH (LONDON:CRH) declined 0.66% or 12.00 points to end at 1797.00 and Rio Tinto (LONDON:RIO) was down 0.54% or 15.50 points to 2837.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1879 to 723 and 477 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN) rose to all time highs; up 4.64% or 22.50 to 507.50.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.06% or 12.60 to $1206.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.26% or 0.64 to hit $51.43 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 1.03 to trade at $57.60 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.40% to 1.4652, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.7236.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.38% at 99.63.