Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.44% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 9.75% or 8.90 points to trade at 100.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) added 2.98% or 44.00 points to end at 1519.00 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) was up 1.89% or 46.00 points to 2475.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which fell 5.41% or 366.00 points to trade at 6400.00 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) declined 4.42% or 81.40 points to end at 1758.20 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was down 4.14% or 12.00 points to 278.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1318 to 760 and 321 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.96% or 12.35 to $1271.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.65% or 2.32 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.90% or 2.09 to trade at $70.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.19% to 1.3025, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8582.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.562.