Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Food Producers, Automobiles & Parts and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Pearson PLC (LON:PSON), which rose 2.22% or 16.00 points to trade at 737.00 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) added 2.16% or 5.55 points to end at 262.75 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) was up 1.46% or 8.50 points to 590.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which lost 3.47% or 23.50 points to trade at 654.50 in late trade. Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) declined 2.59% or 49.00 points to end at 1844.00 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) shed 2.33% or 68.00 points to 2852.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1080 to 1069 and 133 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.89% or 11.30 to $1254.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.05% or 0.59 to hit $56.55 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.71 to trade at $61.93 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.26% to 1.3427, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.66.