Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Construction & Materials and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP), which rose 1.89% or 20.00 points to trade at 1078.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GKN PLC (LON:GKN) added 1.83% or 6.30 points to end at 350.90 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) was up 1.66% or 26.00 points to 1592.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which fell 4.18% or 12.00 points to trade at 274.80 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 2.76% or 9.20 points to end at 323.80 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was down 2.71% or 44.00 points to 1580.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 971 to 934 and 453 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 3.40 to $1280.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $50.99 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.30 to trade at $53.23 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.40% to 1.2826, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8381.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.54.