Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were CRH PLC (LON:CRH), which rose 2.92% or 79.00 points to trade at 2784.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferguson PLC (LON:FERG) added 2.79% or 133.00 points to end at 4898.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 2.61% or 22.50 points to 884.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 4.02% or 133.00 points to trade at 3172.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 1.80% or 22.00 points to end at 1201.00 and Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) was down 1.72% or 83.00 points to 4730.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1100 to 820 and 453 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.12 to $1287.68 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.53% or 0.80 to hit $51.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.67 to trade at $56.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.36% to 1.3432, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.08.