Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, Banking and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Relx PLC (LON:REL), which rose 4.78% or 80.50 points to trade at 1765.50 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 2.34% or 2.55 points to end at 111.50 and Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) was up 2.33% or 8.50 points to 374.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which lost 11.70% or 16.05 points to trade at 121.15 in late trade. BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) declined 7.85% or 39.60 points to end at 464.80 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) shed 4.15% or 112.50 points to 2601.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1078 to 982 and 318 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.44% or 19.35 to $1328.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.47% or 0.27 to hit $56.89 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.15 to trade at $66.93 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.10% to 1.3036, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.493.