Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Electrical and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.66% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which rose 5.71% or 26.80 points to trade at 496.30 at the close. ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 3.50% or 5.85 points to end at 172.85 and 3I Group PLC (LON:III) was up 2.15% or 20.00 points to 951.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 13.10% or 23.90 points to trade at 158.60 in late trade. Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) declined 4.54% or 10.20 points to end at 214.40 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) shed 2.54% or 63.50 points to 2432.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1116 to 891 and 136 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.22% or 2.90 to $1346.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.16% or 0.75 to hit $65.48 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.43 to trade at $69.32 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.4250, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 88.58.