Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which rose 6.14% or 179.50 points to trade at 3104.50 at the close. Meanwhile, EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 4.01% or 41.50 points to end at 1076.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 2.19% or 46.00 points to 2142.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 9.12% or 81.60 points to trade at 813.40 at the close. Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) declined 4.93% or 158.00 points to end at 3046.00 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was down 3.40% or 77.00 points to 2189.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1411 to 743 and 204 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.31% or 4.45 to $1427.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.77% or 1.57 to hit $55.21 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.80% or 1.78 to trade at $61.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2479, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 96.830.