Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mining and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.64% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which rose 3.02% or 6.80 points to trade at 231.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 2.81% or 39.00 points to end at 1429.00 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) was up 2.45% or 122.50 points to 5121.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 3.02% or 28.00 points to trade at 898.00 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 1.48% or 5.11 points to end at 339.90 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 1.18% or 4.80 points to 400.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 975 to 832 and 212 ended unchanged.
Shares in Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.02% or 6.80 to 231.70.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.78% or 10.10 to $1307.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.90% or 0.54 to hit $60.38 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.72 to trade at $66.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.71% to 1.3533, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 91.82.