Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the General Retailers, Industrial Metals & Mining and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 2.26% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which rose 1.54% or 14.40 points to trade at 947.20 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 0.20% or 0.50 points to end at 249.30 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 0.04% or 1.00 points to 2,451.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which lost 6.27% or 37.50 points to trade at 561.00 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 5.50% or 25.20 points to end at 432.75 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) shed 5.35% or 372.00 points to 6,582.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1421 to 269 and 427 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.59% or 11.30 to $1,915.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.25% or 0.18 to hit $71.61 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.34 to trade at $76.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 102.90.