Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 13.06% or 577.00 points to trade at 4994.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GKN PLC (LON:GKN) added 3.15% or 10.30 points to end at 337.50 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 2.80% or 9.10 points to 333.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW), which fell 5.14% or 12.60 points to trade at 232.40 at the close. Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) declined 4.83% or 74.00 points to end at 1459.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was down 3.67% or 7.10 points to 186.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1192 to 791 and 392 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.42 to $1329.42 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.74% or 0.86 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.56 to trade at $55.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.39% to 1.3392, while EUR/GBP fell 1.41% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 92.34.