Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and General Industrial sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.45% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 4.61% or 76.00 points to trade at 1723.00 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 3.29% or 35.00 points to end at 1099.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 3.17% or 13.80 points to 448.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 13.95% or 78.70 points to trade at 485.30 in late trade. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 2.67% or 18.300 points to end at 666.400 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) shed 2.30% or 10.90 points to 462.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1162 to 751 and 402 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.41% or 4.85 to $1172.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.27% or 0.63 to hit $50.40 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.04% or 0.55 to trade at $53.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.40% to 1.2576, while EUR/GBP fell 0.83% to 0.8447.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.83% at 101.11.