Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Banking and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.85% or 58.00 points to trade at 1566.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) added 2.32% or 64.00 points to end at 2818.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was up 1.79% or 130.00 points to 7405.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 10.46% or 139.00 points to trade at 1190.00 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 4.10% or 12.60 points to end at 294.80 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was down 2.72% or 21.10 points to 755.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1154 to 734 and 436 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) fell to 3-years lows; losing 10.46% or 139.00 to 1190.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.68% or 8.72 to $1291.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.49 to trade at $50.76 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.05% to 1.2885, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.9112.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.54.