Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Engineering, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD), which rose 7.07% or 23.600 points to trade at 357.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) added 6.26% or 77.00 points to end at 1307.00 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) was up 6.01% or 3.6900 points to 65.0500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 4.55% or 315.00 points to trade at 6610.00 at the close. Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) declined 1.19% or 37.00 points to end at 3069.00 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was down 1.07% or 43.00 points to 3956.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1591 to 567 and 402 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.56% or 7.25 to $1291.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.92% or 1.35 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.22% or 1.52 to trade at $48.71 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.72% to 1.4306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7875.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 94.40.