Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which rose 4.02% or 235.00 points to trade at 6085.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) added 3.51% or 16.500 points to end at 486.000 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 3.11% or 47.00 points to 1558.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which fell 7.00% or 34.90 points to trade at 464.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 5.35% or 39.50 points to end at 699.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 3.98% or 69.00 points to 1664.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1374 to 891 and 453 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.75 to $1225.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.70% or 0.32 to hit $45.89 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.31 to trade at $46.94 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.14% to 1.2460, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8551.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 100.64.