Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the declined 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the were Next PLC (LON:), which rose 8.33% or 756.00 points to trade at 9,830.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:) added 7.01% or 31.50 points to end at 481.10 and Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:) was up 6.77% or 76.00 points to 1,199.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Melrose Industries PLC (LON:), which fell 12.53% or 73.80 points to trade at 515.00 at the close. Schroders PLC (LON:) declined 9.73% or 38.20 points to end at 354.60 and NatWest Group PLC (LON:) was down 8.07% or 29.70 points to 338.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1091 to 680 and 689 ended unchanged.
Shares in Next PLC (LON:) rose to all time highs; gaining 8.33% or 756.00 to 9,830.00. Shares in Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.77% or 76.00 to 1,199.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.71% or 17.60 to $2,490.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.59 to hit $77.32 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.43 to trade at $80.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.65% to 1.28, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 104.12.
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