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U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; FTSE 100 down 0.54%
Published Jun 25, 2015 12:15PM ET
© Reuters. U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; FTSE 100 down 0.54%
Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sage Group PLC (LONDON:SGE), which rose 3.88% or 20.00 points to trade at 536.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) added 2.83% or 17.50 points to end at 635.50 and ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM) was up 2.04% or 23.00 points to 1148.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Utilities Group Plc (LONDON:UU), which fell 3.68% or 36.50 points to trade at 955.00 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) declined 2.73% or 37.50 points to end at 1336.00 and Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) was down 1.83% or 33.00 points to 1767.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1471 to 1106 and 443 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1172.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.81% or 0.49 to hit $59.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $63.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.12% to 1.5726, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.7119.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.45.
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