Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 3.71% or 12.25 points to trade at 342.45 at the close. Meanwhile, BP PLC (LON:BP) added 3.68% or 16.70 points to end at 470.70 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) was up 2.26% or 195.00 points to 8815.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which fell 1.67% or 4.70 points to trade at 277.50 at the close. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) declined 1.53% or 9.50 points to end at 612.50 and Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) was down 1.44% or 8.50 points to 581.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1126 to 788 and 452 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.31% or 3.75 to $1199.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.89% or 0.44 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.92% or 0.48 to trade at $51.71 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.04% to 1.2160, while EUR/GBP rose 0.92% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.53% at 101.44.