Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP), which rose 4.22% or 50.00 points to trade at 1236.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) added 4.13% or 83.00 points to end at 2093.00 and DCC (LON:DCC) was up 3.67% or 265.0 points to 7495.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which fell 4.92% or 8.85 points to trade at 171.10 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) declined 3.85% or 10.10 points to end at 252.30 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was down 2.79% or 27.80 points to 967.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1279 to 667 and 448 ended unchanged.
Shares in St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.22% or 50.00 to 1236.00. Shares in Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) rose to all time highs; rising 4.13% or 83.00 to 2093.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.17% or 2.14 to $1256.74 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.58% or 0.26 to hit $44.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.35 to trade at $47.27 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2784, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8753.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 97.17.