U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.09%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Beverage, Oil & Gas Producers and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV), which rose 2.83% or 15.50 points to trade at 563.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 2.21% or 2.85 points to end at 131.85 and Diageo PLC (LON:DGE) was up 1.50% or 37.50 points to 2,535.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which fell 2.60% or 256.00 points to trade at 9,590.00 at the close. Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP) declined 2.34% or 90.00 points to end at 3,764.00 and Croda International PLC (LON:CRDA) was down 2.12% or 73.00 points to 3,379.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 931 to 799 and 697 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.89% or 23.54 to $2,630.36 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.83% or 0.58 to hit $70.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.73% or 0.53 to trade at $73.38 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 107.86.