U.K. Stock Market Overview

U.K. stocks rose after the close on Friday, with sectors like Aerospace & Defense, Food & Drug Retailers, and Food Producers leading the gains.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 was up by 0.86%.

Best Performers

• Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RKT): +6.62% (310.00 points) to 4,994.00
• Schroders PLC (LON:SDR): +4.30% (14.80 points) to 358.80
• Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN): +3.30% (68.00 points) to 2,130.00

Worst Performers

• Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR): -2.12% (85.00 points) to 3,930.00
• Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV): -1.65% (15.00 points) to 894.50
• Entain PLC (LON:ENT): -1.42% (10.60 points) to 734.40

Market Statistics

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange with a ratio of 1091 to 633, and 725 ended unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures for December delivery rose 0.09% to $2,751.75 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for December delivery increased 1.00% to $69.95 per barrel.
• Brent Oil for January delivery was up 0.99% to $73.53 per barrel.

Currency Exchange

• GBP/USD: +0.39% to 1.29
• EUR/GBP: -0.70% to 0.84
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 104.10.