Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Industrial Metals & Mining and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were CRH PLC (LON:CRH), which rose 3.27% or 64.50 points to trade at 2036.00 at the close. Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) added 3.01% or 17.20 points to end at 589.20 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.84% or 48.40 points to 1751.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 5.18% or 91.00 points to trade at 1666.00 in late trade. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 3.14% or 9.90 points to end at 305.60 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) shed 2.79% or 39.00 points to 1360.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1177 to 893 and 288 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 7.40 to $1260.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.33% or 0.15 to hit $45.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.59 to trade at $53.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.09% to 1.2667, while EUR/GBP fell 0.54% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 96.248.