Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Household Goods & Home Construction and Beverage sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were 3I Group (LONDON:III), which rose 3.03% or 15.50 points to trade at 527.50 at the close. Mondi Plc (LONDON:MNDI) added 2.76% or 39.00 points to end at 1453.00 and Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP) was up 2.42% or 125.00 points to 5295.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kingfisher (LONDON:KGF), which lost 2.33% or 8.40 points to trade at 352.60 in late trade. J Sainsbury PLC (LONDON:SBRY) declined 2.29% or 6.30 points to end at 269.20 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) shed 1.86% or 21.00 points to 1110.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1570 to 909 and 454 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.40% or 4.90 to $1223.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.42% or 0.86 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.65 to trade at $66.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.07% to 1.5756, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.7220.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 93.62.