Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, General Retailers and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.83% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 6.14% or 322.00 points to trade at 5568.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 6.05% or 9.15 points to end at 160.35 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 5.32% or 6.49 points to 128.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which fell 7.36% or 17.55 points to trade at 221.05 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) declined 6.98% or 426.00 points to end at 5674.00 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) was down 5.76% or 8.95 points to 146.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 997 to 739 and 339 ended unchanged.
Shares in Next PLC (LON:NXT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.14% or 322.00 to 5568.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.40 to $1319.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $70.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.17 to trade at $77.04 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.35% to 1.3500, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.66.