Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Life Insurance/Assurance and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 1.37%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR), which rose 0.51% or 9.00 points to trade at 1777.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) added 0.41% or 20.00 points to end at 4902.00 and Severn Trent Plc (LONDON:SVT) was down 0.05% or 1.00 points to 2090.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were London Stock Exchange Group (LONDON:LSE), which fell 5.63% or 143.00 points to trade at 2395.00 at the close. ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM) declined 4.17% or 47.00 points to end at 1080.00 and Schroders (LONDON:SDR) was down 4.07% or 136.00 points to 3207.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1621 to 492 and 344 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.60% or 7.20 to $1204.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.76% or 1.85 to hit $51.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 4.68% or 2.65 to trade at $59.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.19% to 1.4852, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.7336.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 97.51.