Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as in the sectors led shares .
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT), which rose 5.94% or 168.00 points to trade at 2995.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GKN PLC (LON:GKN) added 2.28% or 6.30 points to end at 282.50 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was up 2.18% or 11.400 points to 533.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Grid PLC (LON:NG), which fell 4.57% or 45.90 points to trade at 959.60 at the close. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) declined 2.65% or 9.70 points to end at 356.60 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) was down 1.21% or 11.50 points to 939.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1150 to 919 and 467 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.65% or 9.70 to 356.60.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1214.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $49.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.32 to trade at $50.04 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.06% to 1.4421, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.7733.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 95.51.