Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Mining and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were SKY PLC (LON:SKYB), which rose 2.83% or 28.00 points to trade at 1018.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) added 2.58% or 35.00 points to end at 1389.00 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 2.42% or 43.00 points to 1818.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Next PLC (LON:NXT), which lost 2.28% or 99.00 points to trade at 4246.00 in late trade. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 2.01% or 12.50 points to end at 609.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) shed 1.78% or 5.50 points to 303.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1113 to 1042 and 122 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1257.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.39% or 0.22 to hit $57.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.14% or 0.09 to trade at $63.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.90% to 1.3311, while EUR/GBP rose 0.88% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 93.84.