Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Tobacco and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 11.46% or 73.50 points to trade at 715.00 at the close. Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) added 7.40% or 105.50 points to end at 1531.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 5.46% or 14.75 points to 285.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which lost 15.65% or 144.00 points to trade at 776.00 in late trade. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 11.01% or 195.00 points to end at 1576.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) shed 10.26% or 730.00 points to 6385.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1398 to 968 and 378 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.79% or 10.05 to $1263.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.41% or 0.64 to hit $44.63 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.56 to trade at $45.80 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.97% to 1.2527, while EUR/GBP fell 1.23% to 0.8686.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 98.86.