Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb), which rose 6.67% or 126.50 points to trade at 2022.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) added 6.59% or 119.00 points to end at 1924.50 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 6.47% or 71.00 points to 1168.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 26.72% or 254.50 points to trade at 698.00 at the close. Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) declined 5.86% or 27.50 points to end at 442.10 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was down 4.19% or 20.700 points to 472.900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1235 to 930 and 432 ended unchanged.
Shares in Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.67% or 126.50 to 2022.00. Shares in Capita PLC (LON:CPI) fell to 3-years lows; down 26.72% or 254.50 to 698.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.18% or 2.40 to $1321.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.08% or 0.98 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.86 to trade at $50.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.18% to 1.2996, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.29.