Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 4.08% or 39.70 points to trade at 1013.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) added 1.94% or 37.00 points to end at 1949.50 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) was up 1.80% or 48.00 points to 2708.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which fell 6.67% or 205.0 points to trade at 2867.0 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 5.94% or 28.89 points to end at 457.70 and Halma PLC (LON:HLMA) was down 1.86% or 39.00 points to 2055.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1144 to 998 and 230 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.90 to $1418.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.54 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.94% or 0.60 to trade at $63.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.08% to 1.2581, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.350.