Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Tobacco and Electrical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN), which rose 4.15% or 51.50 points to trade at 1293.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) added 3.50% or 68.00 points to end at 2009.00 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 3.09% or 152.00 points to 5064.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 3.82% or 39.50 points to trade at 995.00 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) declined 2.29% or 17.60 points to end at 750.60 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was down 2.13% or 106.00 points to 4870.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1157 to 838 and 123 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.29% or 3.90 to $1360.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.81% or 0.53 to hit $66.14 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.52 to trade at $71.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.20% to 1.4268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 88.57.