Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Schroders PLC (LON:SDR), which rose 2.87% or 79.00 points to trade at 2834.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 2.09% or 5.40 points to end at 263.30 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 2.03% or 40.00 points to 2009.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which fell 5.95% or 123.00 points to trade at 1944.00 at the close. Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) declined 5.42% or 19.40 points to end at 338.80 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) was down 3.48% or 2.26 points to 62.62.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1151 to 993 and 307 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1292.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.36 to trade at $69.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.71% to 1.3066, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8584.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 96.928.