Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities, Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.69% or 18.50 points to trade at 520.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) added 2.00% or 21.00 points to end at 1070.00 and National Grid PLC (LON:NG) was up 1.91% or 17.80 points to 951.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which fell 1.41% or 6.700 points to trade at 469.300 at the close. HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) declined 1.33% or 8.700 points to end at 646.500 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 1.07% or 12.00 points to 1112.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 816 to 649 and 536 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.30% or 3.35 to $1134.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $52.97 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.11 to trade at $55.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2254, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 103.03.