Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Household Goods & Home Construction and General Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS), which rose 14.27% or 68.10 points to trade at 545.50 at the close. Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR) added 6.25% or 236.00 points to end at 4,015.00 and Shell PLC (LON:SHEL) was up 3.53% or 88.00 points to 2,578.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN), which lost 12.48% or 137.00 points to trade at 961.00 in late trade. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) declined 7.47% or 118.50 points to end at 1,467.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) shed 6.70% or 10.50 points to 146.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1258 to 578 and 619 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.74% or 48.80 to $2,752.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.76% or 0.52 to hit $69.13 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.47 to trade at $72.63 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.74% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP rose 0.79% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.01.