Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical, Household Goods & Home Construction and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.38% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which rose 3.07% or 4.35 points to trade at 146.15 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) added 2.25% or 18.00 points to end at 817.80 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 2.23% or 106.00 points to 4854.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML), which fell 2.93% or 56.50 points to trade at 1872.00 at the close. Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) declined 2.60% or 5.32 points to end at 199.18 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) was down 1.01% or 6.40 points to 626.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1409 to 699 and 107 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1322.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.92% or 0.57 to hit $61.44 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.57% or 0.39 to trade at $67.68 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.3563, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 91.72.