Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas Producers and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), which rose 4.79% or 8.70 points to trade at 190.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) added 2.90% or 1.62 points to end at 57.50 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was up 2.81% or 4.70 points to 172.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which fell 5.31% or 24.600 points to trade at 438.900 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 3.40% or 162.50 points to end at 4614.50 and Wolseley PLC (LON:WOS) was down 3.29% or 143.00 points to 4210.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1213 to 1029 and 489 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.65 to $1269.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.59% or 0.78 to hit $49.96 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 0.83 to trade at $50.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.58% to 1.2174, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8950.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 98.92.