U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.51%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrial Transportation , General Retailers and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD ), which rose 5.22% or 7.40 points to trade at 149.25 at the close. Meanwhile, B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB ) added 3.08% or 13.50 points to end at 452.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO ) was up 2.68% or 49.00 points to 1,878.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON ), which fell 7.10% or 36.30 points to trade at 474.70 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE ) declined 2.00% or 20.30 points to end at 996.20 and Relx PLC (LON:REL ) was down 0.60% or 21.00 points to 3,499.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1155 to 600 and 719 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.07% or 26.85 to $2,543.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.47% or 1.80 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.31% or 1.78 to trade at $79.00 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.82% to 1.32, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 100.72.

Source: Investing.com