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 lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:), which rose 2.81% or 14.60 points to trade at 533.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco PLC (LON:) added 2.56% or 9.10 points to end at 364.00 and Shell PLC (LON:) was up 1.71% or 43.00 points to 2,564.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:), which fell 5.76% or 32.00 points to trade at 523.50 at the close. Diploma PLC (LON:) declined 5.10% or 226.00 points to end at 4,208.00 and M&G Plc (LON:) was down 2.51% or 5.20 points to 202.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1018 to 765 and 668 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.81% or 14.60 to 533.40.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 1.05 to $2,670.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.45% or 3.12 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 4.21% or 3.11 to trade at $77.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.12% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.80.
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