Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Mining and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Informa Plc (LON:INF), which rose 4.13% or 29.00 points to trade at 731.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) added 2.73% or 5.90 points to end at 221.80 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was up 1.51% or 2.30 points to 154.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which fell 9.97% or 198.00 points to trade at 1787.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 4.08% or 42.50 points to end at 998.50 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was down 3.97% or 110.00 points to 2662.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1439 to 509 and 424 ended unchanged.
Shares in Informa Plc (LON:INF) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.13% or 29.00 to 731.50. Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.08% or 42.50 to 998.50.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1287.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.76% or 0.43 to hit $57.24 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.77% or 0.49 to trade at $63.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3138, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8866.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.39.