Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Chemicals, Construction & Materials and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF), which rose 3.87% or 4.20 points to trade at 112.80 at the close. Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP) added 2.23% or 84.00 points to end at 3,854.00 and B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) was up 2.17% or 7.80 points to 366.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV), which lost 16.28% or 106.50 points to trade at 547.50 in late trade. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) declined 2.39% or 29.00 points to end at 1,182.00 and Entain PLC (LON:ENT) shed 1.25% or 8.60 points to 681.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 49 on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 11.94 to $2,647.44 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.15 to trade at $73.02 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.46% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 107.89.