Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mining, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sage Group PLC (LONDON:SGE), which rose 3.88% or 20.00 points to trade at 536.00 at the close. Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) added 2.83% or 17.50 points to end at 635.50 and ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM) was up 2.04% or 23.00 points to 1148.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Utilities Group Plc (LONDON:UU), which lost 3.68% or 36.50 points to trade at 955.00 in late trade. BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) declined 2.73% or 37.50 points to end at 1336.00 and Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) shed 1.83% or 33.00 points to 1767.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1471 to 1106 and 443 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1172.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.81% or 0.49 to hit $59.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $63.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.12% to 1.5726, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.7118.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.45.