Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO), which rose 7.55% or 159.03 points to trade at 2264.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) added 2.53% or 42.00 points to end at 1705.00 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 2.40% or 92.00 points to 3925.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 2.00% or 25.00 points to trade at 1227.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 1.73% or 3.00 points to end at 170.40 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was down 1.40% or 4.10 points to 288.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1157 to 763 and 458 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.73% or 3.00 to 170.40.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.56% or 7.35 to $1329.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.36% or 0.19 to trade at $52.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.2973, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.9162.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 92.65.