Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 5.17% or 19.90 points to trade at 405.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT) added 4.99% or 74.50 points to end at 1569.00 and Glaxosmithkline (LONDON:GSK) was up 4.54% or 67.50 points to 1553.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtead Group (LONDON:AHT), which fell 2.46% or 27.00 points to trade at 1073.00 at the close. BT Group (LONDON:BT) declined 2.42% or 10.90 points to end at 439.10 and Carnival (LONDON:CCL) was down 2.13% or 63.00 points to 2900.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1250 to 817 and 394 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.69% or 8.40 to $1229.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.99% or 1.53 to hit $52.74 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 3.11% or 1.84 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.04% to 1.5392, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7412.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.16.