Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Transportation, Automobiles & Parts and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which rose 3.19% or 3.30 points to trade at 106.90 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) added 3.05% or 5.40 points to end at 182.50 and St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) was up 2.78% or 25.40 points to 940.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 1.13% or 7.60 points to trade at 663.60 in late trade. Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) declined 1.01% or 14.50 points to end at 1415.50 and BHP Group PLC (LON:BHPB) shed 0.98% or 17.40 points to 1755.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1417 to 723 and 185 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.53% or 8.05 to $1523.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $54.68 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.32 to trade at $58.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.54% to 1.2149, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.9129.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 98.058.