Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Construction&Materials, Mobile Telecommunications and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 5.72% or 8.65 points to trade at 159.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 4.09% or 7.95 points to end at 202.30 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) was up 4.08% or 99.00 points to 2525.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which fell 3.86% or 153.50 points to trade at 3821.50 at the close. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) declined 2.78% or 161.00 points to end at 5625.00 and GKN PLC (LON:GKN) was down 2.03% or 9.70 points to 467.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1085 to 859 and 169 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.61% or 8.20 to $1340.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $73.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.38% to 1.4034, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8754.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 90.03.
