Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (LONDON:RR), which rose 2.94% or 27.50 points to trade at 962.00 at the close. easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ) added 2.12% or 37.00 points to end at 1785.00 and Dixons Carphone (LONDON:DC) was up 1.99% or 8.60 points to 441.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Centrica Plc (LONDON:CNA), which lost 8.54% or 24.00 points to trade at 257.10 in late trade. Babcock International Group (LONDON:BAB) declined 5.68% or 60.00 points to end at 996.00 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) shed 2.86% or 36.00 points to 1223.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1123 to 967 and 346 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.91% or 10.90 to $1211.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.50% or 0.79 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.28 to trade at $60.26 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.5439, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7368.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 94.39.