U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.59%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts , Life Insurance/Assurance and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.59%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB ), which rose 5.00% or 19.00 points to trade at 398.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX ) added 4.71% or 300.00 points to end at 6,670.00 and Schroders PLC (LON:SDR ) was up 4.62% or 13.80 points to 312.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ConvaTec Group PLC (LON:CTEC ), which fell 3.51% or 9.00 points to trade at 247.40 at the close. Experian PLC (LON:EXPN ) declined 2.87% or 108.00 points to end at 3,657.00 and Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON ) was down 2.64% or 13.60 points to 502.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1155 to 660 and 640 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.26% or 6.60 to $2,579.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $72.41 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.49.

Source: Investing.com