NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Electrical, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were ARM Holdings PLC (LONDON:ARM), which rose 4.64% or 45.00 points to trade at 1015.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LONDON:SHP) added 3.20% or 175.00 points to end at 5640.00 and Pearson PLC (LONDON:PSON) was up 2.07% or 25.00 points to 1234.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (LONDON:ADN), which fell 7.61% or 30.40 points to trade at 369.10 at the close. SSE PLC (LONDON:SSE) declined 5.04% or 80.00 points to end at 1507.00 and Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) was down 3.49% or 7.95 points to 220.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1349 to 1240 and 471 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (LONDON:ADN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.61% or 30.40 to 369.10. Shares in Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) fell to all time lows; losing 3.49% or 7.95 to 220.05.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.15% or 1.60 to $1093.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $48.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.07 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.58% to 1.5520, while EUR/GBP rose 1.16% to 0.7080.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 97.30.
