Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.85% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which rose 4.99% or 7.15 points to trade at 150.55 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) added 1.51% or 10.80 points to end at 723.60 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 1.51% or 29.00 points to 1951.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT), which fell 4.55% or 73.60 points to trade at 1544.80 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 3.25% or 65.00 points to end at 1934.50 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 2.56% or 8.00 points to 304.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1268 to 749 and 332 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 3.00 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.18% or 1.50 to hit $67.22 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.79% or 1.38 to trade at $75.89 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.29% to 1.2942, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 95.05.