Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Food & Drug Retailers, Life Insurance/Assurance and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (L:SHP), which rose 3.11% or 136.00 points to trade at 4511.00 at the close. Tesco PLC (L:TSCO) added 2.50% or 4.8000 points to end at 196.9500 and Prudential PLC (L:PRU) was up 2.46% or 36.50 points to 1523.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Weir Group PLC (L:WEIR), which lost 6.28% or 78.00 points to trade at 1164.00 in late trade. GKN PLC (L:GKN) declined 3.64% or 10.20 points to end at 270.30 and Burberry Group PLC (L:BRBY) shed 1.92% or 25.000 points to 1277.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1158 to 988 and 449 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.60% or 7.10 to $1180.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.10 to trade at $49.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.05% to 1.5444, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7360.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.69.