Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Mobile Telecommunications and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 5.13% or 39.20 points to trade at 804.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) added 4.74% or 54.00 points to end at 1194.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 3.94% or 35.40 points to 934.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 2.29% or 18.60 points to trade at 794.80 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.24% or 21.00 points to end at 916.80 and Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH) was down 1.91% or 73.00 points to 3756.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1152 to 987 and 211 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.14% or 1.95 to $1426.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.13% or 0.07 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.13 to trade at $62.06 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.2504, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8977.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 96.780.