Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Software & Computer Services and Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 5.12% or 120.00 points to trade at 2463.00 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 4.32% or 197.50 points to end at 4774.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 3.98% or 64.00 points to 1672.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 2.41% or 15.50 points to trade at 628.50 in late trade. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) declined 1.82% or 27.00 points to end at 1457.50 and RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) shed 1.77% or 11.50 points to 637.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1093 to 767 and 486 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.93% or 12.42 to $1351.42 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.18 to trade at $54.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.3080, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.9181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.66% at 91.60.