Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and General Industrial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 4.61% or 76.00 points to trade at 1723.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 3.29% or 35.00 points to end at 1099.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 3.17% or 13.80 points to 448.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 13.95% or 78.70 points to trade at 485.30 at the close. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 2.67% or 18.300 points to end at 666.400 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was down 2.30% or 10.90 points to 462.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1162 to 751 and 402 ended unchanged.
Shares in Capita PLC (LON:CPI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 13.95% or 78.70 to 485.30.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.41% or 4.85 to $1172.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.27% or 0.63 to hit $50.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.55 to trade at $53.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2578, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.8446.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 101.11.