Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Household Goods & Home Construction and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT), which rose 3.75% or 98.00 points to trade at 2,715.00 at the close. Rightmove PLC (LON:RMV) added 3.51% or 19.00 points to end at 559.80 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.26% or 15.60 points to 493.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which lost 1.68% or 1.22 points to trade at 71.22 in late trade. Relx PLC (LON:REL) declined 1.45% or 52.00 points to end at 3,543.00 and DCC plc (LON:DCC) shed 1.41% or 80.00 points to 5,610.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1265 to 559 and 675 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.84% or 43.70 to $2,423.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.49% or 0.40 to hit $82.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.28 to trade at $85.36 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.55% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 104.10.