Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Food & Drug Retailers and General Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 7.56% or 88.50 points to trade at 1258.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 3.75% or 7.20 points to end at 199.20 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 3.46% or 7.80 points to 233.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which fell 4.86% or 7.30 points to trade at 142.90 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) declined 3.13% or 184.00 points to end at 5692.00 and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) was down 1.85% or 114.00 points to 6036.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1144 to 779 and 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.46% or 7.80 to 233.20.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.32% or 17.90 to $1342.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.33 to trade at $71.73 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.46% to 1.4242, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 89.49.