Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which rose 2.35% or 140.00 points to trade at 6108.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 1.44% or 24.50 points to end at 1723.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 1.29% or 16.50 points to 1296.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN), which fell 7.00% or 98.00 points to trade at 1302.50 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 4.17% or 10.10 points to end at 232.15 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was down 4.06% or 11.80 points to 278.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1131 to 780 and 326 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tui AG (LON:TUIT) rose to all time highs; up 1.44% or 24.50 to 1723.00. Shares in Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) fell to 5-year lows; falling 4.06% or 11.80 to 278.80.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.64% or 8.30 to $1313.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $73.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.09% to 1.3564, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8828.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 92.37.