Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Beverage and Support Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.67% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO), which rose 8.77% or 29.90 points to trade at 371.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) added 4.01% or 17.30 points to end at 448.80 and Informa PLC (LON:INF) was up 3.93% or 31.80 points to 841.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI), which fell 7.45% or 103.50 points to trade at 1,286.50 at the close. Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR) declined 2.14% or 73.00 points to end at 3,340.00 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) was down 1.85% or 20.50 points to 1,085.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1031 to 745 and 688 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.58% or 15.65 to $2,706.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $70.39 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $74.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.40% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 103.61.