Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Forestry & Paper and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which rose 2.79% or 25.50 points to trade at 940.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 2.44% or 6.90 points to end at 290.20 and British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) was up 2.32% or 13.50 points to 595.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Life PLC (LON:SL), which fell 5.07% or 17.700 points to trade at 331.200 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 4.86% or 131.500 points to end at 2576.000 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was down 4.80% or 49.90 points to 990.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1592 to 744 and 422 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.75 to $1258.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.28% or 0.14 to hit $50.32 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.09 to trade at $51.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2224, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.9035.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.39% at 97.61.