Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the declined 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Severn Trent PLC (LON:), which rose 0.94% or 24.00 points to trade at 2,574.00 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:) added 0.55% or 14.00 points to end at 2,572.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:) was up 0.36% or 7.00 points to 1,935.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:), which lost 3.77% or 146.00 points to trade at 3,732.00 in late trade. Mondi PLC (LON:) declined 3.66% or 43.50 points to end at 1,145.50 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:) shed 3.41% or 176.00 points to 4,990.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1383 to 452 and 589 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.73% or 45.89 to $2,607.41 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.73% or 1.22 to hit $69.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.64 to trade at $72.75 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.50% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 108.09.