Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Food & Drug Retailers and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 5.25% or 28.50 points to trade at 571.00 at the close. Meanwhile, J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) added 3.07% or 7.200 points to end at 241.600 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.96% or 31.000 points to 1078.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which fell 2.28% or 113.00 points to trade at 4834.00 at the close. Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) declined 2.21% or 19.50 points to end at 863.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was down 1.66% or 68.50 points to 4060.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1345 to 709 and 476 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.53% or 7.15 to $1355.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.82% or 1.32 to hit $48.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.83% or 0.91 to trade at $50.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.81% to 1.3144, while EUR/GBP fell 0.40% to 0.8625.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 94.27.