Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, General Retailers and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.71% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which rose 1.46% or 23.00 points to trade at 1600.00 at the close. HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) added 0.88% or 6.00 points to end at 686.70 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 0.64% or 1.60 points to 251.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 7.26% or 122.00 points to trade at 1558.00 in late trade. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) declined 6.73% or 163.00 points to end at 2259.00 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) shed 6.14% or 264.00 points to 4037.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1566 to 414 and 392 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.57% or 20.06 to $1255.84 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.54% or 0.24 to hit $44.49 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.10 to trade at $46.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2749, while EUR/GBP fell 0.68% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 97.51.