Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH), which rose 6.11% or 181.00 points to trade at 3144.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) added 1.94% or 37.00 points to end at 1945.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 1.79% or 18.00 points to 1022.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which fell 2.38% or 5.40 points to trade at 221.30 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 1.72% or 10.00 points to end at 570.50 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was down 1.52% or 11.30 points to 730.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1087 to 797 and 451 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.14% or 1.75 to $1228.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $51.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.23% to 1.2387, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 100.09.