Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Electrical and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 3.57% or 28.00 points to trade at 812.00 at the close. Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) added 3.40% or 176.00 points to end at 5350.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 2.63% or 3.50 points to 136.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which lost 9.42% or 64.00 points to trade at 615.60 in late trade. 3I Group PLC (LON:III) declined 2.82% or 28.60 points to end at 985.40 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) shed 2.32% or 31.50 points to 1326.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1232 to 741 and 329 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.11% or 14.30 to $1303.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.02% or 0.73 to hit $71.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.52 to trade at $79.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.25% to 1.3382, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 93.71.