Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Automobiles&Parts and Food Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 7.70% or 10.50 points to trade at 146.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 3.44% or 10.20 points to end at 307.10 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 3.35% or 6.80 points to 209.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which fell 2.75% or 15.00 points to trade at 530.40 at the close. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 2.01% or 11.40 points to end at 555.10 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was down 1.50% or 39.00 points to 2559.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1128 to 874 and 308 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1303.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.31% or 3.05 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.50% or 2.76 to trade at $76.03 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.43% to 1.3322, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.09.
