Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were DCC plc (LON:DCC), which rose 2.76% or 180.0 points to trade at 6710.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) added 2.48% or 61.00 points to end at 2521.00 and Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) was up 2.44% or 43.50 points to 1823.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 3.37% or 39.00 points to trade at 1118.00 at the close. National Grid PLC (LON:NG) declined 3.29% or 29.10 points to end at 855.10 and Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) was down 2.88% or 78.00 points to 2635.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1114 to 945 and 331 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.53% or 20.15 to $1296.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.44% or 0.26 to hit $59.15 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.33 to trade at $66.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.83% to 1.3079, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.8590.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 96.688.