Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Software & Computer Services and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 5.12% or 120.00 points to trade at 2463.00 at the close. Meanwhile, AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 4.32% or 197.50 points to end at 4774.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 3.98% or 64.00 points to 1672.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 2.41% or 15.50 points to trade at 628.50 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) declined 1.82% or 27.00 points to end at 1457.50 and RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) was down 1.77% or 11.50 points to 637.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1093 to 767 and 486 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 12.50 to $1351.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.18 to trade at $54.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.3079, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.9181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 91.61.