Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, General Industrial and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which rose 3.51% or 22.80 points to trade at 672.20 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 3.02% or 9.75 points to end at 332.45 and Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) was up 2.33% or 70.00 points to 3068.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Relx PLC (LON:REL), which lost 1.59% or 26.50 points to trade at 1640.50 in late trade. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 1.34% or 24.00 points to end at 1760.00 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) shed 1.24% or 3.30 points to 262.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1249 to 813 and 340 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.65 to $1294.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.91% or 0.58 to hit $64.16 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.77 to trade at $71.60 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.3091, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 96.580.