Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 4.93% or 7.95 points to trade at 169.10 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 3.50% or 184.00 points to end at 5434.00 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) was up 3.41% or 51.00 points to 1545.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which lost 3.60% or 6.65 points to trade at 178.00 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 1.84% or 4.20 points to end at 223.65 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) shed 1.07% or 15.00 points to 1387.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1155 to 774 and 336 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.24% or 3.00 to $1247.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.36% or 0.96 to hit $69.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $73.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.19% to 1.3230, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 94.46.