Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.94% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 4.72% or 25.50 points to trade at 565.50 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) added 2.11% or 5.40 points to end at 260.80 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was up 1.47% or 8.00 points to 552.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 5.72% or 28.30 points to trade at 466.50 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.46% or 5.70 points to end at 158.90 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) shed 2.51% or 123.00 points to 4777.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1221 to 888 and 135 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.68% or 8.72 to $1273.38 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $57.24 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.10 to trade at $62.43 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.65% to 1.3495, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.04.