Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Electrical and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which rose 7.72% or 491.00 points to trade at 6850.00 at the close. Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) added 2.72% or 53.50 points to end at 2018.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 1.90% or 52.0 points to 2793.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), which lost 10.36% or 84.60 points to trade at 732.00 in late trade. SSE PLC (LON:SSE) declined 7.34% or 85.50 points to end at 1079.50 and Relx PLC (LON:REL) shed 3.69% or 71.50 points to 1867.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1141 to 971 and 192 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.72% or 10.25 to $1413.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $56.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.60% or 0.38 to trade at $63.56 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2442, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.620.