Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Transportation, Industrial Metals & Mining and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 4.97% or 22.60 points to trade at 476.90 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 4.75% or 43.20 points to end at 953.20 and Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH) was up 4.19% or 150.00 points to 3731.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which lost 2.27% or 43.00 points to trade at 1846.80 in late trade. Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) declined 1.80% or 38.00 points to end at 2077.00 and Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) shed 1.43% or 80.00 points to 5502.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1302 to 852 and 211 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.25 to $1413.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.29% or 0.17 to hit $59.26 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.15 to trade at $65.52 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2698, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.773.