Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Forestry & Paper and Electrical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 4.22% or 8.90 points to trade at 219.60 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 3.90% or 5.50 points to end at 146.65 and Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) was up 3.31% or 126.00 points to 3935.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO), which lost 9.04% or 47.00 points to trade at 473.00 in late trade. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) declined 8.19% or 55.00 points to end at 617.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) shed 3.01% or 50.00 points to 1611.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1127 to 856 and 122 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.52% or 7.00 to $1348.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.85% or 0.57 to hit $67.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.80 to trade at $72.82 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.19% to 1.4255, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 89.52.