Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Banking, Construction & Materials and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF), which rose 3.60% or 94.00 points to trade at 2709.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) added 3.12% or 23.00 points to end at 759.50 and Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) was up 2.42% or 60.00 points to 2536.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Life PLC (LON:SL), which fell 2.36% or 8.90 points to trade at 368.70 at the close. HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) declined 1.74% or 11.40 points to end at 643.90 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was down 1.65% or 11.90 points to 709.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 912 to 889 and 500 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.42% or 60.00 to 2536.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.71% or 9.05 to $1287.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $52.96 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $55.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.14% to 1.2520, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 100.36.