Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Industrial Engineering and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 4.14% or 173.00 points to trade at 4350.00 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 4.07% or 7.80 points to end at 199.35 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 3.15% or 8.60 points to 281.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 5.91% or 102.00 points to trade at 1623.50 in late trade. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 5.04% or 5.75 points to end at 108.45 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) shed 4.76% or 13.45 points to 269.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1267 to 774 and 282 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.61% or 7.80 to $1291.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.67% or 0.31 to hit $46.85 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.57 to trade at $55.48 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2629, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.9024.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 95.893.