Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were CRH PLC (LON:CRH), which rose 2.88% or 71.00 points to trade at 2540.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) added 2.63% or 8.90 points to end at 346.90 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) was up 1.63% or 14.00 points to 873.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 3.50% or 78.00 points to trade at 2150.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.28% or 12.70 points to end at 374.30 and Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) was down 2.79% or 16.50 points to 574.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1461 to 660 and 427 ended unchanged.
Shares in CRH PLC (LON:CRH) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.88% or 71.00 to 2540.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.33% or 4.35 to $1325.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.45% or 0.21 to hit $46.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.33 to trade at $49.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.39% to 1.3180, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8555.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.76.