Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 2.44% or 23.00 points to trade at 965.00 at the close. Meanwhile, EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 2.06% or 33.50 points to end at 1658.50 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was up 1.98% or 9.20 points to 473.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH), which fell 5.35% or 210.00 points to trade at 3713.00 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) declined 2.27% or 12.00 points to end at 516.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was down 1.97% or 6.90 points to 343.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1020 to 945 and 150 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.39% or 5.10 to $1312.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.67% or 1.02 to hit $62.21 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.88 to trade at $66.00 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.01% to 1.3935, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.22.