Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the General Retailers, Food Producers and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD), which rose 10.69% or 13.70 points to trade at 141.85 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 2.00% or 6.80 points to end at 346.60 and Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS) was up 1.90% or 16.00 points to 860.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which lost 2.81% or 6.50 points to trade at 224.50 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 1.94% or 8.00 points to end at 405.30 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) shed 1.80% or 41.00 points to 2,236.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 882 to 829 and 757 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.12% or 28.50 to $2,519.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.92% or 1.38 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.45 to trade at $77.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.35.