Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.86% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Anglo American (LONDON:AAL), which rose 5.21% or 54.50 points to trade at 1100.50 at the close. Meanwhile, CRH (LONDON:CRH) added 5.08% or 89.00 points to end at 1840.00 and Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN) was up 4.74% or 13.55 points to 299.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Tobacco Group (LONDON:IMT), which fell 1.58% or 50.00 points to trade at 3105.00 at the close. Kingfisher (LONDON:KGF) declined 1.18% or 4.40 points to end at 370.00 and Dixons Carphone (LONDON:DC) was down 1.16% or 5.00 points to 427.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1312 to 789 and 371 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.31% or 15.30 to $1184.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in May rose 2.99% or 1.36 to hit $46.89 a barrel, while the May Brent Oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.39 to trade at $54.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.53% to 1.4979, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.7246.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.60% at 97.86.