Investing.com – United Kingdom stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the London close, the index was up 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the index came from stocks JD Sports Fashion plc (LON: ), which rose 5.22% or 7.40 points to trade at 149.25 at the close of trade. Meanwhile, stocks B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:) added 3.08% or 13.50 points to end the day at 452.50, and Antofagasta PLC (LON: ), which advanced 2.68% or 49.00 points to settle at 1,878.00.
The worst performers of the session were stocks Melrose Industries plc (LON: ), which declined 7.10% or 36.30 points to trade at 474.70 at the close. Sage group PLC (LON:) shed 2.00% or 20.30 points to 996.20 and Relx PLC (LON:) shed 0.60% or 21.00 points to 3,499.00.
On the London Stock Exchange, 1155 to 600 advancing stocks outperformed the negative ones, while 719 ended unchanged.
Gold futures for December delivery rose 1.06%, or 26.70, to $2,543.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere, crude oil for October delivery rose 2.47%, or 1.80%, to settle at $74.81 a barrel, while Brent crude for October delivery was up 2.31%, or 1.78%, at $79.00 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.82% to 1.32 and EUR/GBP was up 0.21% to 0.85.
The dollar futures index, meanwhile, rose 0.67% to 100.72.
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