Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Construction & Materials and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 2.36% or 4.50 points to trade at 195.25 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 1.95% or 78.00 points to end at 4088.00 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) was up 1.81% or 25.00 points to 1405.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which lost 6.17% or 48.60 points to trade at 739.20 in late trade. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 3.75% or 20.20 points to end at 517.80 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) shed 3.06% or 80.00 points to 2530.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1355 to 623 and 334 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.37% or 4.70 to $1269.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.12 to trade at $73.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.58% to 1.3249, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.56.