NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (LONDON:RR), which rose 2.94% or 27.50 points to trade at 962.00 at the close. Meanwhile, easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ) added 2.12% or 37.00 points to end at 1785.00 and Dixons Carphone (LONDON:DC) was up 1.99% or 8.60 points to 441.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Centrica Plc (LONDON:CNA), which fell 8.54% or 24.00 points to trade at 257.10 at the close. Babcock International Group (LONDON:BAB) declined 5.68% or 60.00 points to end at 996.00 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) was down 2.86% or 36.00 points to 1223.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1123 to 967 and 346 ended unchanged.
Shares in Centrica Plc (LONDON:CNA) fell to 5-year lows; falling 8.54% or 24.00 to 257.10.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.91% or 10.90 to $1211.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 1.50% or 0.79 to hit $52.03 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.28 to trade at $60.26 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.5439, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7368.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 94.39.
