Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 4.00% or 13.10 points to trade at 340.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 3.78% or 3.70 points to end at 101.70 and Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) was up 2.87% or 125.50 points to 4503.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES), which fell 3.77% or 19.30 points to trade at 491.90 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 2.73% or 46.50 points to end at 1657.50 and Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) was down 1.90% or 28.00 points to 1444.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 942 to 926 and 425 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.87% or 125.50 to 4503.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.75 to $1275.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.12 to trade at $71.74 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.46% to 1.2983, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8648.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.52% at 97.162.