Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Forestry & Paper and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 3.81% or 50.50 points to trade at 1377.00 at the close. Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) added 3.36% or 70.00 points to end at 2153.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 2.74% or 26.20 points to 981.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SSE PLC (LON:SSE), which lost 3.21% or 36.00 points to trade at 1084.00 in late trade. Informa Plc (LON:INF) declined 2.13% or 16.00 points to end at 734.60 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) shed 1.49% or 28.50 points to 1884.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1139 to 832 and 344 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.65% or 7.90 to $1200.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.01% or 0.69 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.29 to trade at $78.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.22% to 1.3079, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8905.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 94.84.