Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT), which rose 14.60% or 432.00 points to trade at 3390.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 2.90% or 4.70 points to end at 166.90 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.90% or 37.50 points to 1331.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 11.57% or 74.50 points to trade at 569.50 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 4.09% or 12.80 points to end at 300.20 and J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) was down 4.05% or 9.90 points to 234.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1062 to 865 and 424 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.43% or 18.79 to $1297.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $56.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.50% to 1.3562, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.99.