Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Beverage sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 3.80% or 12.60 points to trade at 344.40 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) added 2.81% or 59.50 points to end at 2178.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 2.78% or 5.400 points to 199.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which lost 3.94% or 67.0 points to trade at 1633.0 in late trade. DCC (LON:DCC) declined 3.43% or 210.0 points to end at 5920.0 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) shed 3.38% or 74.00 points to 2113.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1378 to 907 and 423 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.43% or 5.05 to $1168.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.43% or 2.19 to hit $51.63 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.90% or 2.54 to trade at $54.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.68% to 1.2591, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8442.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 101.26.