Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the General Industrials, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 5.61% or 22.20 points to trade at 418.10 at the close. BT Group (LONDON:BT) added 4.49% or 19.00 points to end at 442.00 and Hargreaves Lansdown Plc (LONDON:HRGV) was up 3.52% or 34.00 points to 1000.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Astrazeneca Plc (LONDON:AZN), which lost 3.39% or 159.00 points to trade at 4529.00 in late trade. easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ) declined 2.92% or 52.00 points to end at 1726.00 and Vodafone Group PLC (LONDON:VOD) shed 2.37% or 5.60 points to 230.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1213 to 844 and 395 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.20 to $1262.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 5.55% or 2.69 to hit $51.14 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 5.25% or 2.85 to trade at $57.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.76% to 1.5296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.7477.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.70% at 93.92.