Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Beverage and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which rose 3.02% or 48.00 points to trade at 1640.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 2.08% or 5.90 points to end at 288.90 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 1.82% or 57.50 points to 3224.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which fell 4.80% or 11.00 points to trade at 218.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.69% or 45.00 points to end at 1631.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was down 2.19% or 79.50 points to 3547.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1021 to 927 and 399 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.09% or 14.16 to $1279.04 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.26% or 0.12 to hit $45.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $48.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2927, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.01.