Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Automobiles & Parts and Support Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 8.38% or 88.50 points to trade at 1144.50 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 8.27% or 59.20 points to end at 775.40 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 5.90% or 30.40 points to 545.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 7.23% or 62.20 points to trade at 798.40 in late trade. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 3.37% or 9.30 points to end at 266.60 and Aviva PLC (LON:AV) shed 3.12% or 13.40 points to 416.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1153 to 877 and 344 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.31% or 17.15 to $1296.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.75% or 1.13 to hit $63.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.98 to trade at $70.75 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.14% to 1.3071, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8615.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.750.