Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Beverage sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 3.80% or 12.60 points to trade at 344.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) added 2.81% or 59.50 points to end at 2178.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 2.78% or 5.400 points to 199.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which fell 3.94% or 67.0 points to trade at 1633.0 at the close. DCC (LON:DCC) declined 3.43% or 210.0 points to end at 5920.0 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was down 3.38% or 74.00 points to 2113.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1378 to 907 and 423 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.44% or 5.15 to $1168.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.43% or 2.19 to hit $51.63 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.88% or 2.53 to trade at $54.37 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.68% to 1.2591, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8442.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 101.26.