FTSE 100 opens in the green today; GBP/USD at 1.33

Investing.com – U.K. equities started with gains on Thursday, with rises in all but two sectors. The top risers were Beverages, Personal Goods, Industrial Metals & Mining and Industrial Engineering. Oil & Gas and Tobacco were the only two sectors that fell.

At the market open in London, the FTSE 100 Index rose 0.52%. The FTSE 250 Index and the FTSE 350 Index also climbed. The FTSE 250 increased 0.69%, while the FTSE 350 was up by 0.54%.

Top Gainers:

Glencore (LON:GLEN): Climbed 4.08% or 16.45 points to 419.80.

Anglo American (LON:AAL): Rose 3.85% or 88.5 points to 2,386.5.

Prudential (LON:PRU): Increased 3.86% or 24.80 points to 667.00.

Top Losers:

BP (LON:BP): Declined 4.40% or 17.60 points to 382.65.

Shell (LON:SHEL): Fell 3.91% or 99.0 points to 2,433.0.

British American Tobacco (LON:BATS): Dropped 2.11% or 60.0 points to 2,781.0.

In Commodities Trading:

• Gold Futures for December delivery dropped 1.55 points to 2,683.15 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for November delivery fell 1.72 points to 67.97 a barrel.
• December Brent Oil Contract declined 2.35% or 1.71 points to 71.19 a barrel.

Currency Markets:

• GBP/USD dropped to 1.33 yesterday, trading at 1.3357 at the time of writing.
• EUR/GBP is at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.519.

Main Economic Events:

Today's main economic calendar in the United Kingdom is calm.