Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 13.06% or 577.00 points to trade at 4994.00 at the close. GKN PLC (LON:GKN) added 3.15% or 10.30 points to end at 337.50 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 2.80% or 9.10 points to 333.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW), which lost 5.14% or 12.60 points to trade at 232.40 in late trade. Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) declined 4.83% or 74.00 points to end at 1459.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) shed 3.67% or 7.10 points to 186.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1192 to 791 and 392 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.43 to $1329.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.74% or 0.86 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.56 to trade at $55.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.38% to 1.3391, while EUR/GBP fell 1.41% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.34.