Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Tobacco, Construction & Materials and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 4.63% or 8.40 points to trade at 190.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) added 3.22% or 30.50 points to end at 978.50 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 2.96% or 51.00 points to 1775.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 12.62% or 58.80 points to trade at 407.10 at the close. Provident Financial (LON:PFG) declined 3.63% or 30.50 points to end at 810.00 and Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) was down 3.21% or 13.70 points to 413.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1233 to 866 and 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Capita PLC (LON:CPI) fell to 5-year lows; losing 12.62% or 58.80 to 407.10.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 6.60 to $1255.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.33 to trade at $62.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.3430, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.70.