Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food Producers, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which rose 4.88% or 89.0 points to trade at 1912.0 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 3.79% or 174.00 points to end at 4763.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 1.68% or 8.50 points to 516.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which lost 3.40% or 159.50 points to trade at 4524.50 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) declined 2.19% or 47.50 points to end at 2123.00 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) shed 2.15% or 49.00 points to 2225.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1100 to 780 and 465 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.66% or 8.15 to $1241.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $52.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.43 to trade at $55.32 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.14% to 1.2480, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 100.56.