Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Industrial Transportation and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.26% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which rose 2.19% or 38.0 points to trade at 1770.0 at the close. Meanwhile, London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 2.07% or 59.00 points to end at 2914.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 1.94% or 36.00 points to 1893.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which fell 1.48% or 10.00 points to trade at 668.00 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 1.09% or 4.050 points to end at 366.900 and DCC (LON:DCC) was down 0.90% or 55.0 points to 6040.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 888 to 619 and 461 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.15 to $1155.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.15 to trade at $56.70 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.71% to 1.2351, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 102.17.