Housebuilders accounted for some of the sharpest share price rises in London trading on Friday.
Half of the companies on the London Stock Exchange’s list of the eight highest-rising stocks for the day were from the sector.
Those included Taylor Wimpey, which gained 2.6% at 171.4p a share, the index’s best-performing stock behind the London Stock Exchange Group.
Persimmon rose by 2.4% to 3,160p, Barratt Developments by 2.3% to 756.4p, and Berkeley Group by 1.9% to 4,679p.
In the FTSE 250, the sharpest rising stocks were Vistry Group (up 4.3% to a 15-month high of 1,325p) and Crest Nicholson (posting a 3.8% rise to 458.2p, also a 15-month high).
The FTSE 100 finished the day almost flat, edging up by 0.04% or 3 points to 7,022. The FTSE 250 rose by 25 points, or 0.1%, to 22,683.
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