Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Forestry & Paper and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN), which rose 4.23% or 19.70 points to trade at 485.00 at the close. Meanwhile, CRH (LONDON:CRH) added 3.25% or 57.00 points to end at 1809.00 and Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) was up 3.15% or 53.00 points to 1733.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aggreko (LONDON:AGGK), which fell 3.26% or 52.00 points to trade at 1543.00 at the close. Standard Life Plc (LONDON:SL) declined 1.78% or 8.60 points to end at 473.80 and Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP) was down 1.19% or 65.00 points to 5420.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1827 to 804 and 449 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.23% or 19.70 to 485.00.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.69% or 8.30 to $1194.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.59% or 0.80 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.82% or 1.56 to trade at $57.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.93% to 1.4730, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.7241.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.90% at 99.14.