Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 4.04% or 3.58 points to trade at 92.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) added 2.95% or 7.80 points to end at 272.50 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) was up 2.27% or 56.00 points to 2517.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which fell 4.70% or 10.90 points to trade at 221.10 at the close. National Grid PLC (LON:NG) declined 4.63% or 37.80 points to end at 778.00 and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) was down 4.33% or 138.00 points to 3046.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1230 to 715 and 207 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.70% or 10.90 to 221.10.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.43% or 5.50 to $1286.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.79% or 1.05 to hit $57.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.50% or 1.70 to trade at $66.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.06% to 1.2617, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.042.