Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, General Industrial and General Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.20% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were GKN PLC (LON:GKN), which rose 26.24% or 87.30 points to trade at 420.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) added 5.39% or 84.50 points to end at 1652.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 4.99% or 20.00 points to 420.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which fell 1.82% or 66.50 points to trade at 3581.00 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 1.62% or 82.00 points to end at 4968.00 and Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) was down 1.41% or 5.30 points to 371.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1097 to 933 and 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in GKN PLC (LON:GKN) rose to all time highs; rising 26.24% or 87.30 to 420.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.70% or 9.20 to $1331.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $64.11 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $69.52 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.12% to 1.3690, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8858.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 91.08.