LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Tobacco and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.43% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Randgold Resources Ltd (LONDON:RRS), which rose 5.79% or 233.00 points to trade at 4255.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LONDON:FRES) added 5.63% or 36.50 points to end at 684.50 and Anglo American PLC (LONDON:AAL) was up 4.38% or 31.10 points to 740.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mondi PLC (LONDON:MNDI), which fell 3.00% or 46.00 points to trade at 1488.00 at the close. Prudential PLC (LONDON:PRU) declined 2.81% or 42.50 points to end at 1472.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LONDON:TW) was down 2.70% or 5.50 points to 198.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 2015 to 570 and 444 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.93% or 21.80 to $1149.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.34% or 0.14 to hit $41.41 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.21 to trade at $46.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.5682, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.7143.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.47% at 95.97.
