Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 4.07% or 23.50 points to trade at 600.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 3.80% or 8.10 points to end at 221.20 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was up 3.16% or 74.50 points to 2434.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 7.23% or 540.00 points to trade at 6930.00 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 2.65% or 6.90 points to end at 253.60 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 2.36% or 27.00 points to 1118.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1007 to 977 and 409 ended unchanged.
Shares in BT Group PLC (LON:BT) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.65% or 6.90 to 253.60. Shares in Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.16% or 74.50 to 2434.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.33 to $1277.63 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.09 to trade at $60.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.41% to 1.3058, while EUR/GBP rose 1.81% to 0.8931.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.60.