Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Forestry & Paper and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 4.22% or 8.90 points to trade at 219.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 3.90% or 5.50 points to end at 146.65 and Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) was up 3.31% or 126.00 points to 3935.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO), which fell 9.04% or 47.00 points to trade at 473.00 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) declined 8.19% or 55.00 points to end at 617.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 3.01% or 50.00 points to 1611.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1127 to 856 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.19% or 55.00 to 617.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.54% or 7.20 to $1349.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.85% or 0.57 to hit $67.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.12% or 0.81 to trade at $72.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.20% to 1.4256, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8645.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 89.52.