By Carla Mozee, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch)--The U.K.'s benchmark stock index broke a
three-day losing streak on Friday, as most stocks ended the day in
positive territory after encouraging U.S. jobs data.
The FTSE 100 index rose 0.7% to close at 6,858.21, sending it
0.2% higher for the week.
Oil shares were up as crude prices moved higher after the
closely watched U.S. nonfarm payrolls report beat expectations. The
data showed 217,000 jobs were to the U.S. economy in May, beating
the consensus estimate of 210,000 jobs produced by a MarketWatch
poll of analysts.
Shares of BP PLC (BP) climbed 1.1%, extending Thursday's rise of
0.4%. Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB) (RDSB) tacked on 1% and BG Group
rose 0.9%.
Among other FTSE top performers was Aggreko PLC , up 1.9% after
the temporary-power provider's buy rating was reaffirmed at
Jefferies.
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