Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Beverage, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 3.25% or 16.50 points to trade at 525.00 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) added 3.07% or 24.00 points to end at 806.00 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was up 2.42% or 3.60 points to 152.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which lost 15.49% or 25.30 points to trade at 138.00 in late trade. Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) declined 3.26% or 23.00 points to end at 682.50 and National Grid PLC (LON:NG) shed 2.83% or 25.20 points to 866.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1136 to 983 and 60 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.67 to $1291.53 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.48% or 0.28 to hit $58.30 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $63.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.14% to 1.3303, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.06.