Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Automobiles & Parts and Food Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 7.70% or 10.50 points to trade at 146.90 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 3.44% or 10.20 points to end at 307.10 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 3.35% or 6.80 points to 209.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which lost 2.75% or 15.00 points to trade at 530.40 in late trade. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 2.01% or 11.40 points to end at 555.10 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) shed 1.50% or 39.00 points to 2559.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1128 to 874 and 307 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.10 to $1303.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.34% or 3.07 to hit $67.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.52% or 2.77 to trade at $76.02 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.43% to 1.3323, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.09.