Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 3.60% or 33.60 points to trade at 966.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CRH PLC (LON:CRH) added 3.49% or 80.00 points to end at 2375.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 3.08% or 61.30 points to 2053.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which fell 5.56% or 361.00 points to trade at 6135.00 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 4.44% or 34.20 points to end at 735.60 and Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH) was down 1.86% or 70.00 points to 3689.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1305 to 808 and 327 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tui AG (LON:TUIT) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.44% or 34.20 to 735.60.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 4.00 to $1299.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.45% or 0.86 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.52 to trade at $67.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.25% to 1.3010, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8623.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.825.