U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverage, Food&Drug Retailers and Pharmaceuticals&Biotech sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 12.55% or 22.30 points to trade at 200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) added 3.75% or 243.00 points to end at 6714.00 and Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU) was up 3.16% or 3.82 points to 124.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 6.32% or 72.00 points to trade at 1068.00 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 4.39% or 22.60 points to end at 491.60 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was down 3.81% or 6.00 points to 151.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1286 to 756 and 319 ended unchanged.
Shares in EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) fell to 52-week lows; down 6.32% or 72.00 to 1068.00. Shares in Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.81% or 6.00 to 151.40.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1229.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.05% or 0.72 to hit $69.37 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.91 to trade at $80.20 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3042, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.42.
