By Investing.com

U.K. equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Metals And Mining and Pharmaceuticals And Biotech sectors propelled shares higher. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.45% to hit a new 3-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were DCC plc (LON:DCC), which rose 2.29% or 104.00 points to trade at 4,641.00 at the close. Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) added 2.23% or 325.00 points to end at 14,930.00 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) was up 2.18% or 46.00 points to 2,158.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 1.53% or 32.00 points to trade at 2,063.00 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 1.47% or 1.75 points to end at 117.00 and Segro Plc (LON:SGRO) shed 1.36% or 10.20 points to 739.20.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 890 to 761 and 462 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.74% or 14.35 to $1,947.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.51% or 0.46 to hit $90.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.03 to trade at $93.73 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.24, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.38% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 104.87.