Energy rally lifts FTSE 100 to lone gain in Europe as oil approaches 6-month high

Investing.com - London's FTSE 100 stood as an outlier among European peers on Friday, emerging as the sole major benchmark in positive territory as surging crude oil prices propelled heavyweight energy producers and shielded the UK index from a bruising global technology selloff. Still guessing which stocks will beat the market? Our AI portfolio updates monthly and is outperforming the S&P 500 by 118%. See this month's list » The blue-chip FTSE 100 gained 0.3%, on track to secure a 1.4% gain for October. That outperformance contrasted sharply with mainland Europe, where the pan-European STOXX 600 dropped 0.4% and technology-heavy bourses slid under the weight of weak U.S. mega-cap earnings.