U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.10%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services , Food & Drug Retailers and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Barclays PLC (LON:BARC ), which rose 4.16% or 9.90 points to trade at 248.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR ) added 2.94% or 137.00 points to end at 4,790.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL ) was up 2.88% or 67.00 points to 2,390.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Schroders PLC (LON:SDR ), which fell 2.65% or 9.60 points to trade at 353.20 at the close. SSE PLC (LON:SSE ) declined 2.40% or 45.50 points to end at 1,847.00 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU ) was down 1.87% or 20.00 points to 1,051.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 930 to 846 and 683 ended unchanged.

Shares in Barclays PLC (LON:BARC ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.16% or 9.90 to 248.05.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 12.05 to $2,741.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.36% or 0.96 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.93 to trade at $74.03 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 104.06.

Source: Investing.com