Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Aerospace & Defense and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Endeavour Mining PLC (LON:EDV), which rose 3.79% or 54.00 points to trade at 1,479.00 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) added 3.76% or 4.15 points to end at 114.45 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 3.05% or 15.80 points to 533.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 5.51% or 75.00 points to trade at 1,285.50 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 2.86% or 4.25 points to end at 144.35 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) shed 1.54% or 2.35 points to 150.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1182 to 905 and 388 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.59% or 32.15 to $2,051.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.12% or 0.81 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.93 to trade at $78.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 102.18.