Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Beverage sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.77% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 6.13% or 11.200 points to trade at 193.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 4.63% or 15.10 points to end at 341.50 and British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) was up 3.76% or 22.00 points to 607.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 6.26% or 475.00 points to trade at 7110.00 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 4.33% or 77.00 points to end at 1703.00 and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) was down 3.27% or 52.5 points to 1554.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1268 to 989 and 440 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.05 to $1302.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.72% or 0.78 to hit $44.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 0.61 to trade at $46.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.29% to 1.2465, while EUR/GBP fell 1.22% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 97.16.