Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tobacco, Forestry & Paper and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 1.90% or 2.75 points to trade at 147.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU) added 1.41% or 2.24 points to end at 160.98 and Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) was up 1.19% or 72.00 points to 6129.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 2.70% or 79.00 points to trade at 2844.50 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.58% or 40.60 points to end at 1536.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.39% or 22.60 points to 924.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1003 to 1000 and 338 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.74% or 8.90 to $1194.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.20 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $74.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.72% to 1.2818, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9018.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 95.43.