Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Industrial Transportation and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.26% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which rose 2.19% or 38.0 points to trade at 1770.0 at the close. London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 2.07% or 59.00 points to end at 2914.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 1.94% or 36.00 points to 1893.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which lost 1.48% or 10.00 points to trade at 668.00 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 1.09% or 4.050 points to end at 366.900 and DCC (LON:DCC) shed 0.90% or 55.0 points to 6040.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 888 to 619 and 461 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.19% or 2.15 to $1155.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.10 to hit $53.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.15 to trade at $56.70 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.71% to 1.2351, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 102.17.