Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Beverage and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Diageo PLC (LON:DGE), which rose 4.67% or 129.50 points to trade at 2901.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 4.47% or 37.20 points to end at 869.80 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was up 3.78% or 86.00 points to 2362.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA), which fell 5.06% or 13.40 points to trade at 251.65 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 4.24% or 6.10 points to end at 137.95 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was down 3.39% or 40.50 points to 1154.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1042 to 1033 and 308 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diageo PLC (LON:DGE) rose to all time highs; up 4.67% or 129.50 to 2901.50.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.76% or 10.05 to $1325.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.60% or 0.87 to hit $55.10 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.48 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.3131, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8717.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 95.278.