Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Tobacco, Mobile Telecommunications and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.29% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 2.87% or 29.00 points to trade at 1041.00 at the close. Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) added 2.69% or 96.00 points to end at 3663.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 2.60% or 126.50 points to 4985.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which lost 3.81% or 8.60 points to trade at 216.90 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 2.23% or 9.100 points to end at 399.300 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) shed 2.18% or 34.00 points to 1526.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1329 to 817 and 433 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.85 to $1352.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.68% or 1.95 to hit $43.66 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 4.61% or 2.03 to trade at $46.08 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.38% to 1.2962, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8613.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 95.66.