Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 4.72% or 25.50 points to trade at 565.50 at the close. Meanwhile, BT Group PLC (LON:BT) added 2.11% or 5.40 points to end at 260.80 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was up 1.47% or 8.00 points to 552.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 5.72% or 28.30 points to trade at 466.50 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.46% or 5.70 points to end at 158.90 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) was down 2.51% or 123.00 points to 4777.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1221 to 888 and 135 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.68% or 8.75 to $1273.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $57.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.11 to trade at $62.42 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.63% to 1.3493, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.04.