Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 2.93% or 36.50 points to trade at 1281.50 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) added 2.61% or 8.60 points to end at 338.20 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.52% or 22.60 points to 919.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which lost 4.82% or 13.90 points to trade at 274.50 in late trade. Informa Plc (LON:INF) declined 1.40% or 11.00 points to end at 774.00 and Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN) shed 1.12% or 2.90 points to 254.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1207 to 794 and 323 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.00 to $1186.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.58% or 0.38 to hit $65.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.43 to trade at $71.19 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2719, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 96.43.