Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Forestry & Paper and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP), which rose 3.31% or 31.20 points to trade at 972.40 at the close. Meanwhile, ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 3.03% or 3.85 points to end at 131.10 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 2.86% or 7.60 points to 273.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 6.41% or 84.00 points to trade at 1227.50 at the close. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) declined 6.31% or 116.50 points to end at 1728.50 and BHP Group PLC (LON:BHPB) was down 3.13% or 56.40 points to 1746.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1123 to 937 and 328 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.37% or 4.85 to $1316.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $57.11 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.28 to trade at $66.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.3264, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.037.