Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities, Electrical and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were St. James's Place PLC (LON:SJP), which rose 4.77% or 22.20 points to trade at 488.00 at the close. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) added 3.45% or 30.00 points to end at 900.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 2.90% or 12.40 points to 440.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included National Grid PLC (LON:NG), which lost 10.87% or 122.50 points to trade at 1,005.00 in late trade. RS Group PLC (LON:RS1R) declined 6.52% or 53.00 points to end at 760.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) shed 5.15% or 136.00 points to 2,503.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 959 to 876 and 669 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.75% or 41.90 to $2,351.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.92% or 0.71 to hit $76.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.72% or 0.59 to trade at $81.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.82.