Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 3.89% or 6.0500 points to trade at 161.6500 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 3.72% or 40.00 points to end at 1115.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 3.60% or 80.00 points to 2301.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA), which fell 4.22% or 33.50 points to trade at 760.50 at the close. ITV PLC (LON:ITV) declined 2.43% or 5.10 points to end at 204.90 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 1.65% or 24.000 points to 1433.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1042 to 1028 and 451 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.22% or 33.50 to 760.50. Shares in Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.72% or 40.00 to 1115.00. Shares in ITV PLC (LON:ITV) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.43% or 5.10 to 204.90.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1271.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.13% or 0.53 to hit $46.17 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.64% or 0.31 to trade at $47.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.57% to 1.4367, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.7862.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 94.71.