Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Construction & Materials and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 3.55% or 28.60 points to trade at 833.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 3.30% or 10.25 points to end at 320.75 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.54% or 39.00 points to 1575.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which fell 3.42% or 138.50 points to trade at 3909.00 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.22% or 4.75 points to end at 142.60 and The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH) was down 1.76% or 65.00 points to 3635.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1071 to 889 and 376 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.68% or 20.00 to $1214.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.81% or 1.23 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.38 to trade at $76.11 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.40% to 1.2866, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.9041.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.58% at 95.00.