Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Industrial Transportation and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 10.39% or 43.30 points to trade at 460.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 6.42% or 12.70 points to end at 210.60 and Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) was up 5.45% or 19.50 points to 377.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which fell 3.53% or 4.20 points to trade at 114.66 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 2.17% or 10.40 points to end at 468.40 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) was down 1.83% or 106.00 points to 5676.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1306 to 843 and 209 ended unchanged.
Shares in International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.17% or 10.40 to 468.40.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.25 to $1284.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.98% or 0.57 to hit $58.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.66 to trade at $68.42 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.56% to 1.2725, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8809.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 97.442.