Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Mobile Telecommunications, Media and Beverage sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which rose 10.61% or 14.00 points to trade at 146.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) added 5.89% or 51.60 points to end at 927.00 and Relx PLC (LON:REL) was up 3.59% or 67.00 points to 1934.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 4.07% or 89.00 points to trade at 2098.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 3.96% or 42.50 points to end at 1030.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 2.25% or 21.60 points to 938.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1118 to 993 and 199 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.32% or 4.55 to $1419.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $56.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $63.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.55% to 1.2385, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8982.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 97.768.