LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors led shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 17.51% or 128.00 points to trade at 859.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 2.75% or 9.00 points to end at 335.80 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 2.36% or 54.00 points to 2340.00 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which fell 5.44% or 14.20 points to trade at 246.90 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) declined 4.75% or 57.50 points to end at 1153.50 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 3.82% or 57.00 points to 1436.00. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1051 to 891 and 441 ended unchanged.
Shares in Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) rose to all time highs; rising 2.36% or 54.00 to 2340.00. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.63 to $1266.83 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.38% or 1.18 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.35% or 1.23 to trade at $51.18 a barrel. GBP/USD was up 0.31% to 1.2889, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.8438. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 99.03.
