Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Food & Drug Retailers and General Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 7.56% or 88.50 points to trade at 1258.50 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 3.75% or 7.20 points to end at 199.20 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 3.46% or 7.80 points to 233.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which lost 4.86% or 7.30 points to trade at 142.90 in late trade. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) declined 3.13% or 184.00 points to end at 5692.00 and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) shed 1.85% or 114.00 points to 6036.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1144 to 779 and 150 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.32% or 17.90 to $1342.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $66.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.34 to trade at $71.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.46% to 1.4242, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.8651.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 89.49.