Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Beverage sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 6.13% or 11.200 points to trade at 193.900 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 4.63% or 15.10 points to end at 341.50 and British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) was up 3.76% or 22.00 points to 607.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which lost 6.26% or 475.00 points to trade at 7110.00 in late trade. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 4.33% or 77.00 points to end at 1703.00 and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) shed 3.27% or 52.5 points to 1554.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1268 to 989 and 440 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.45% or 5.95 to $1302.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.74% or 0.79 to hit $44.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.62 to trade at $46.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.28% to 1.2464, while EUR/GBP fell 1.22% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.16.