Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.26% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.86% or 32.20 points to trade at 867.20 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) added 3.53% or 20.00 points to end at 587.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was up 2.94% or 190.00 points to 6660.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which lost 5.22% or 72.00 points to trade at 1308.50 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 5.18% or 6.35 points to end at 116.20 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) shed 4.66% or 49.50 points to 1012.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1380 to 606 and 330 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.80% or 10.10 to $1279.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.37% or 1.57 to hit $45.04 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.49% or 1.93 to trade at $53.36 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.01% to 1.2633, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.9042.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.150.