U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.17%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining , Beverage and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.17%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL ), which rose 6.16% or 141.50 points to trade at 2,439.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Prudential PLC (LON:PRU ) added 6.14% or 39.40 points to end at 681.60 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO ) was up 5.78% or 111.00 points to 2,031.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Shell PLC (LON:SHEL ), which fell 4.62% or 117.00 points to trade at 2,415.00 at the close. BP PLC (LON:BP ) declined 4.10% or 16.40 points to end at 383.85 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS ) was down 2.82% or 80.00 points to 2,762.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1182 to 651 and 638 ended unchanged.

Shares in BP PLC (LON:BP ) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.10% or 16.40 to 383.85.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 4.50 to $2,689.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.31% or 1.61 to hit $68.08 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.03% or 1.48 to trade at $71.42 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.64% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 100.33.

Source: Investing.com