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U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.60%

Published 05/30/2025, 12:05 PM
Updated 05/30/2025, 12:12 PM
© Reuters. U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.60%
British Pound US Dollar
-0.60%
Euro British Pound
0.49%
GSK
-2.23%
BT
-0.38%
CPG
-0.31%
SPX
-2.53%
DX
0.25%
GC
1.18%
CL
1.67%
FTNMX502010
0.89%
FTNMX201030
-1.45%
FTNMX651020
-0.08%
ICAG
0.16%
invuk100
-0.45%
MNG
-0.27%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were M&G Plc (LON:MNG), which rose 5.48% or 12.30 points to trade at 236.70 at the close. Meanwhile, GSK plc (LON:GSK) added 3.50% or 51.00 points to end at 1,507.00 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 3.16% or 5.50 points to 179.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 2.01% or 6.70 points to trade at 326.10 at the close. Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) declined 1.72% or 100.00 points to end at 5,715.00 and Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) was down 1.70% or 45.00 points to 2,605.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 921 to 794 and 603 ended unchanged.

Shares in M&G Plc (LON:MNG) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.48% or 12.30 to 236.70. Shares in BT Group PLC (LON:BT) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.16% or 5.50 to 179.45.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.91% or 30.51 to $3,313.39 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.92% or 0.56 to hit $60.38 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.79 to trade at $62.56 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.35, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.35.

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