Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Support Services and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.85% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO), which rose 5.89% or 27.10 points to trade at 487.10 at the close. Croda International PLC (LON:CRDA) added 1.84% or 76.00 points to end at 4,217.00 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 1.83% or 17.60 points to 978.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which lost 12.44% or 88.80 points to trade at 625.20 in late trade. Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO) declined 10.60% or 48.20 points to end at 406.40 and B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) shed 4.99% or 27.60 points to 526.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 999 to 620 and 431 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 1.55 to $1,993.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.72% or 1.47 to hit $83.92 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.65% or 1.49 to trade at $88.64 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.21, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 106.69.