Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Automobiles & Parts and Support Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 8.38% or 88.50 points to trade at 1144.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 8.27% or 59.20 points to end at 775.40 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 5.90% or 30.40 points to 545.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 7.23% or 62.20 points to trade at 798.40 at the close. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 3.37% or 9.30 points to end at 266.60 and Aviva PLC (LON:AV) was down 3.12% or 13.40 points to 416.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1153 to 877 and 344 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.30% or 17.05 to $1296.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.69% or 1.09 to hit $63.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.35% or 0.97 to trade at $70.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.14% to 1.3071, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 96.748.