Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the General Retailers, Tobacco and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which rose 2.50% or 38.00 points to trade at 1557.00 at the close. B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) added 2.27% or 12.60 points to end at 568.60 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) was up 2.11% or 1.05 points to 50.78 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 1.49% or 43.5 points to trade at 2868.5 in late trade. Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:PHNX) declined 1.36% or 8.60 points to end at 624.00 and Sberbank Of Russia (LON:SBNCyq) shed 1.27% or 0.22 points to 17.46.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1099 to 820 and 491 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 4.35 to $1787.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.50% or 0.95 to hit $62.55 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.91 to trade at $65.54 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.11% to 1.3622, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8585.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.520.