Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tobacco, Forestry & Paper and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which rose 7.53% or 9.95 points to trade at 142.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 4.99% or 8.55 points to end at 179.80 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 4.40% or 8.90 points to 211.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 5.47% or 52.00 points to trade at 898.00 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 2.75% or 15.60 points to end at 551.80 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was down 2.73% or 16.40 points to 585.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1111 to 807 and 138 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.40 to $1331.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.65% or 1.02 to hit $62.70 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.27% or 0.83 to trade at $66.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.21% to 1.3947, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 89.72.