Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, Real Estate and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.93% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which rose 7.70% or 9.40 points to trade at 131.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) added 6.90% or 24.100 points to end at 373.200 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 6.43% or 10.200 points to 168.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD), which fell 4.19% or 11.700 points to trade at 267.400 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.40% or 46.00 points to end at 1870.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 1.72% or 8.00 points to 456.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1518 to 582 and 408 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.19% or 11.700 to 267.400.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.55% or 7.55 to $1354.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.33% or 0.15 to hit $45.29 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.24 to trade at $46.64 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.2942, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8530.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 96.44.