Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 4.04% or 3.58 points to trade at 92.18 at the close. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) added 2.95% or 7.80 points to end at 272.50 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) was up 2.27% or 56.00 points to 2517.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which lost 4.70% or 10.90 points to trade at 221.10 in late trade. National Grid PLC (LON:NG) declined 4.63% or 37.80 points to end at 778.00 and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) shed 4.33% or 138.00 points to 3046.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1230 to 715 and 207 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.43% or 5.50 to $1286.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.75% or 1.03 to hit $57.78 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.50% or 1.70 to trade at $66.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.07% to 1.2616, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8829.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 98.042.