Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Life Insurance/Assurance, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which rose 2.90% or 4.32 points to trade at 153.24 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 2.70% or 60.00 points to end at 2285.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.67% or 22.00 points to 847.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 4.88% or 103.00 points to trade at 2008.00 in late trade. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 1.74% or 4.30 points to end at 242.70 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) shed 1.54% or 2.25 points to 144.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1072 to 969 and 304 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1209.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.31% or 0.22 to hit $70.55 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.62 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.68% to 1.3234, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 93.70.