Investing.com – U.K. equities started with losses on Thursday, with falls in nearly all sectors, the most notable ones being the Industrial Transportation, Mobile Telecommunications, Construction & Building Materials and Mining sectors.
At the market open in London, the FTSE 100 Index dropped 1.09%. The FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE 350 Index also fell. The FTSE 250 declined 0.52%, while the FTSE 350 was down by 0.80%.
Top Gainers:
- Beazley (LON:BEZG): Climbed 9.90% or 63.05 points to 700.05
- Entain (LON:ENT): Rose 6.90% or 36.10 points to 559.50
- Hikma Pharma (LON:HIK): Increased 6.63% or 122.08 points to 1,962.08
Top Losers:
- Spirax-Sarco Engineering (LON:SPX): Fell 7.32% or 625.0 points to 7,910.0
- BT Group (LON:BT): Declined 4.97% or 6.75 points to 129.15
- Fresnillo (LON:FRES): Dropped 3.42% or 18.66 points to 526.34
Investing.com visitors also have access to the full list of top FTSE 100 Gainers and FTSE 100 Losers, updated today in real-time.
In Commodities Trading:
- Gold Futures for December delivery climbed 2.80 points to 2,435.20 a troy ounce.
- Crude Oil for September delivery fell 0.07 points to 75.16 a barrel.
- October Brent Oil Contract declined 0.20% or 0.16 points to 78.17 a barrel.
Currency Markets:
- GBP/USD settled just above the 1.27 line.
- EUR/GBP is cruising over 0.86..
- The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 102.780.
Main Economic Events:
Today's main economic event in the United Kingdom is the RICS House Price Balance.
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