Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 17.51% or 128.00 points to trade at 859.00 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 2.75% or 9.00 points to end at 335.80 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 2.36% or 54.00 points to 2340.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which lost 5.44% or 14.20 points to trade at 246.90 in late trade. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) declined 4.75% or 57.50 points to end at 1153.50 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) shed 3.82% or 57.00 points to 1436.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1051 to 891 and 441 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.74 to $1266.94 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.36% or 1.17 to hit $48.45 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.33% or 1.22 to trade at $51.19 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.31% to 1.2889, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.8438.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 99.03.