Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 2.93% or 36.50 points to trade at 1281.50 at the close. Meanwhile, J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) added 2.61% or 8.60 points to end at 338.20 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.52% or 22.60 points to 919.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which fell 4.82% or 13.90 points to trade at 274.50 at the close. Informa Plc (LON:INF) declined 1.40% or 11.00 points to end at 774.00 and Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN) was down 1.12% or 2.90 points to 254.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1206 to 795 and 323 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.82% or 13.90 to 274.50. Shares in J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 2.61% or 8.60 to 338.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1185.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.57% or 0.37 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.54% or 0.38 to trade at $71.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.16% to 1.2718, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 96.44.