Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.60% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Prudential PLC (LON:PRU), which rose 2.69% or 44.00 points to trade at 1680.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 2.52% or 22.80 points to end at 926.80 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.20% or 47.00 points to 2184.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which fell 3.34% or 8.80 points to trade at 254.50 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 2.94% or 4.35 points to end at 143.80 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) was down 2.31% or 11.80 points to 500.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1164 to 894 and 359 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.20% or 47.00 to 2184.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.18% or 2.35 to $1296.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.72% or 0.45 to hit $62.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.38 to trade at $69.78 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.59% to 1.3000, while EUR/GBP rose 0.58% to 0.8629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 97.020.