U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.13%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Industrial Engineering and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.13%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 2.81% or 14.60 points to trade at 533.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 2.56% or 9.10 points to end at 364.00 and Shell PLC (LON:SHEL) was up 1.71% or 43.00 points to 2,564.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:PHNX), which fell 5.76% or 32.00 points to trade at 523.50 at the close. Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM) declined 5.10% or 226.00 points to end at 4,208.00 and M&G Plc (LON:MNG) was down 2.51% or 5.20 points to 202.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1018 to 765 and 668 ended unchanged.

Shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.81% or 14.60 to 533.40.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 1.05 to $2,670.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.45% or 3.12 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 4.21% or 3.11 to trade at $77.01 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 1.12% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.80.