Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Forestry & Paper and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 2.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 6.45% or 47.60 points to trade at 785.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) added 6.27% or 153.00 points to end at 2592.00 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 5.76% or 92.50 points to 1697.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 1.49% or 13.20 points to trade at 875.20 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 1.31% or 1.45 points to end at 109.05 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was down 1.15% or 2.75 points to 237.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1553 to 502 and 304 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to all time lows; losing 1.31% or 1.45 to 109.05.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.63% or 8.15 to $1286.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.00% or 0.94 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.09% or 1.17 to trade at $57.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.80% to 1.2732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.70% to 0.8954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.748.