Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and General Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 8.08% or 314.00 points to trade at 4199.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 4.07% or 12.30 points to end at 314.80 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 3.82% or 12.40 points to 337.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 2.74% or 200.00 points to trade at 7095.00 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 2.40% or 7.90 points to end at 321.65 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 2.22% or 46.00 points to 2026.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1213 to 758 and 450 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.30% or 3.75 to $1245.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.28 to hit $47.76 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.09 to trade at $50.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.32% to 1.2525, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8609.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.55.