Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tobacco, Construction & Materials and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 4.63% or 8.40 points to trade at 190.00 at the close. Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) added 3.22% or 30.50 points to end at 978.50 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 2.96% or 51.00 points to 1775.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 12.62% or 58.80 points to trade at 407.10 in late trade. Provident Financial (LON:PFG) declined 3.63% or 30.50 points to end at 810.00 and Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) shed 3.21% or 13.70 points to 413.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1233 to 866 and 137 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.54% or 6.70 to $1255.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.33 to trade at $62.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.3430, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.70.