Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which rose 2.85% or 4.25 points to trade at 153.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) added 2.82% or 24.80 points to end at 904.80 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was up 2.50% or 36.00 points to 1474.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which fell 5.17% or 258.00 points to trade at 4735.00 at the close. DCC plc (LON:DCC) declined 4.24% or 310.0 points to end at 7000.0 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.92% or 24.20 points to 805.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1117 to 965 and 340 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.92% or 11.00 to $1188.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.82% or 0.59 to hit $72.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.68% or 0.55 to trade at $81.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.46% to 1.3106, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 94.40.