Investing.com – UK shares were higher after Thursday’s close as gains in the , and sectors pushed shares higher.
At the close in London, the price added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the exchange were Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:), which rose 3.77% or 260.00 points to trade at 7,160.00 at the close. Meanwhile, J Sainsbury PLC (LON 🙂 added 3.08% or 7.80 points to end at 261.20 and Admiral Group PLC (LON:) rose 3.04% or 75.00 points to 2,539.00 in late trading.
The worst performers of the session were Vistry Group PLC (LON:), which fell 3.85% or 26.00 points to trade at 649.00 at the close. Land effects Group PLC (LON:) fell 2.57% or 16.00 points to end at 606.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:) fell 2.35% or 62.00 points to 2,573.00.
Rising shares outpaced falling shares on the London Stock Exchange by 973 to 664, with 665 ending unchanged.
February gold futures rose 0.04%, or 1.09, to $2,665.89 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for January delivery rose 0.19% or 0.13 to $68.85 per barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.18 to $72.48 per barrel. barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.
US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.11% to 106.16.
