NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT), which rose 2.94% or 33.00 points to trade at 1156.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM) added 2.76% or 30.00 points to end at 1118.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LONDON:HIK) was up 2.74% or 52.00 points to 1947.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES), which fell 1.99% or 14.50 points to trade at 712.50 at the close. Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN) declined 1.74% or 4.80 points to end at 271.55 and Royal Mail (LONDON:RMG) was down 1.28% or 6.50 points to 502.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1352 to 1207 and 438 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.07% or 0.90 to $1202.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.99% or 1.21 to hit $59.61 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.45% or 1.57 to trade at $62.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.06% to 1.5869, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.43.
