Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Forestry & Paper and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP), which rose 3.31% or 31.20 points to trade at 972.40 at the close. ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 3.03% or 3.85 points to end at 131.10 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 2.86% or 7.60 points to 273.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which lost 6.41% or 84.00 points to trade at 1227.50 in late trade. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) declined 6.31% or 116.50 points to end at 1728.50 and BHP Group PLC (LON:BHPB) shed 3.13% or 56.40 points to 1746.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1123 to 937 and 328 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.37% or 4.85 to $1316.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.28 to trade at $66.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.3264, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.037.