Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Mobile Telecommunications and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 3.76% or 16.90 points to trade at 466.90 at the close. Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) added 2.69% or 4.20 points to end at 160.40 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) was up 2.59% or 180.00 points to 7127.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Next PLC (LON:NXT), which lost 5.67% or 350.00 points to trade at 5820.00 in late trade. Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) declined 3.65% or 49.00 points to end at 1295.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) shed 2.74% or 20.20 points to 716.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1153 to 982 and 180 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 7.35 to $1508.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.84% or 0.49 to hit $58.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.01 to trade at $64.61 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2538, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.815.