Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Life Insurance/Assurance, Mobile Telecommunications and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 2.51% or 5.700 points to trade at 233.100 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) added 2.48% or 20.00 points to end at 825.50 and Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) was up 2.30% or 8.200 points to 365.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 2.67% or 35.50 points to trade at 1295.50 at the close. Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) declined 2.60% or 7.300 points to end at 274.000 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.55% or 40.00 points to 1529.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1120 to 751 and 462 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.35 to $1234.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.41% or 0.74 to hit $53.08 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.96% or 0.53 to trade at $55.65 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2521, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 100.58.