Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.56% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which rose 4.02% or 99.0 points to trade at 2562.0 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 2.89% or 6.30 points to end at 224.20 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 2.44% or 5.90 points to 247.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA), which lost 5.96% or 14.80 points to trade at 233.75 in late trade. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 3.05% or 7.10 points to end at 225.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) shed 2.11% or 102.00 points to 4724.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1197 to 838 and 325 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.47% or 6.15 to $1320.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.22% or 1.21 to hit $55.62 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 1.46 to trade at $66.03 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.2865, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.905.