LONDON: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverage, Automobiles & Parts and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which rose 3.09% or 205.00 points to trade at 6845.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) added 2.77% or 43.00 points to end at 1598.00 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.46% or 37.00 points to 1542.00 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 6.94% or 46.50 points to trade at 623.50 at the close. The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH) declined 3.47% or 137.00 points to end at 3807.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 3.19% or 42.00 points to 1273.00. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1166 to 789 and 421 ended unchanged. Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 2.38 to $1271.98 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.07% or 1.09 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.62% or 0.96 to trade at $60.26 a barrel. GBP/USD was down 0.37% to 1.3112, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8832. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 94.95.
