Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Industrial Engineering and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 4.14% or 173.00 points to trade at 4350.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 4.07% or 7.80 points to end at 199.35 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 3.15% or 8.60 points to 281.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which fell 5.91% or 102.00 points to trade at 1623.50 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 5.04% or 5.75 points to end at 108.45 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 4.76% or 13.45 points to 269.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1266 to 774 and 283 ended unchanged.
Shares in Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.76% or 13.45 to 269.05.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.59% or 7.60 to $1291.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.75% or 0.35 to hit $46.89 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.06% or 0.58 to trade at $55.49 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2629, while EUR/GBP rose 0.34% to 0.9023.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 95.903.