Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tobacco, Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 5.50% or 47.40 points to trade at 910.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 4.13% or 8.50 points to end at 214.30 and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) was up 2.60% or 29.50 points to 1165.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 4.87% or 13.50 points to trade at 263.90 at the close. Rightmove PLC (LON:RMV) declined 3.39% or 18.80 points to end at 535.20 and Auto Trader Group Plc (LON:AUTOA) was down 3.18% or 18.00 points to 548.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1126 to 1034 and 205 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.34% or 4.75 to $1410.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $59.40 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $65.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.08% to 1.2677, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.757.