Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Forestry & Paper and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which rose 2.79% or 25.50 points to trade at 940.50 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 2.44% or 6.90 points to end at 290.20 and British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) was up 2.32% or 13.50 points to 595.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Life PLC (LON:SL), which lost 5.07% or 17.700 points to trade at 331.200 in late trade. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 4.86% or 131.500 points to end at 2576.000 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) shed 4.80% or 49.90 points to 990.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1592 to 744 and 422 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.75 to $1258.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $51.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2224, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.9035.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 97.62.