Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Beverage and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.72% or 166.00 points to trade at 4626.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Provident Financial (LON:PFG) added 3.64% or 86.00 points to end at 2447.00 and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) was up 2.32% or 39.0 points to 1722.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which fell 4.21% or 39.50 points to trade at 898.50 at the close. WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) declined 2.71% or 6.70 points to end at 241.00 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was down 2.17% or 25.00 points to 1126.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1096 to 829 and 439 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.54% or 6.74 to $1252.54 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.41% or 0.60 to hit $43.13 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.70% or 0.76 to trade at $45.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.03% to 1.2667, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.28.