Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Chemicals and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT), which rose 2.73% or 93.00 points to trade at 3503.00 at the close. Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) added 2.73% or 70.0 points to end at 2638.0 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 2.42% or 7.50 points to 317.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which lost 3.03% or 5.10 points to trade at 163.00 in late trade. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 2.33% or 26.00 points to end at 1092.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) shed 1.75% or 3.90 points to 219.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1072 to 844 and 471 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 8.22 to $1269.88 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.99% or 0.54 to hit $55.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.22% or 0.74 to trade at $61.36 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.3073, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 94.86.