Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Tobacco, Forestry & Paper and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 4.73% or 71.50 points to trade at 1584.50 at the close. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG) added 2.58% or 124.00 points to end at 4928.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 2.26% or 112.00 points to 5062.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 4.17% or 15.80 points to trade at 363.20 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.57% or 6.95 points to end at 187.95 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) shed 3.25% or 24.00 points to 714.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1102 to 897 and 140 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.57% or 7.60 to $1334.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.05% or 0.67 to hit $63.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.72 to trade at $68.59 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.24% to 1.3864, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 90.33.