Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mobile Telecommunications, Food & Drug Retailers and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD), which rose 2.98% or 10.800 points to trade at 372.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 2.01% or 6.00 points to end at 304.10 and 3I Group PLC (LON:III) was up 1.97% or 10.500 points to 543.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which fell 3.15% or 110.00 points to trade at 3379.00 at the close. Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (LON:ADN) declined 3.02% or 8.80 points to end at 283.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was down 2.89% or 7.400 points to 248.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1018 to 947 and 502 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.16% or 1.95 to $1221.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.07 to trade at $49.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.24% to 1.4660, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.7623.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.26.