LONDON: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, General Retailers and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.29% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were DCC (LON:DCC), which rose 3.58% or 210.0 points to trade at 6070.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) added 2.89% or 96.00 points to end at 3414.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.84% or 31.00 points to 1124.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT), which fell 1.63% or 21.00 points to trade at 1270.50 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 0.98% or 30.500 points to end at 3081.000 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was down 0.77% or 1.75 points to 227.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1030 to 808 and 438 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.65 to $1130.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.72% or 0.38 to hit $52.87 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.48 to trade at $54.94 a barrel.
