Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 8.08% or 56.30 points to trade at 753.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) added 7.73% or 87.00 points to end at 1213.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 4.28% or 95.500 points to 2329.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which fell 4.42% or 10.500 points to trade at 227.200 at the close. St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) declined 2.97% or 27.00 points to end at 881.00 and G4S PLC (LON:GFS) was down 2.90% or 5.70 points to 190.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1094 to 946 and 495 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.33% or 16.60 to $1267.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.64% or 0.29 to hit $45.62 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.35 to trade at $47.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.32% to 1.4590, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.7768.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.51% at 93.90.