Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Life Insurance/Assurance, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which rose 2.90% or 4.32 points to trade at 153.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 2.70% or 60.00 points to end at 2285.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.67% or 22.00 points to 847.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which fell 4.88% or 103.00 points to trade at 2008.00 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 1.74% or 4.30 points to end at 242.70 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 1.54% or 2.25 points to 144.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1072 to 968 and 305 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.74% or 4.30 to 242.70.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.60 to $1208.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.34% or 0.24 to hit $70.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.62 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.68% to 1.3233, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 93.69.