U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.19%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mobile Telecommunications and Food&Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were IMI PLC (LON:IMI), which rose 5.43% or 90.00 points to trade at 1,749.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 4.75% or 82.00 points to end at 1,808.50 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 3.64% or 87.00 points to 2,479.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Auto Trader Group Plc (LON:AUTOA), which lost 7.16% or 60.40 points to trade at 783.00 in late trade. J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) declined 4.11% or 11.00 points to end at 256.80 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) shed 3.69% or 21.20 points to 552.80.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1131 to 695 and 628 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.06% or 28.45 to $2,704.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.78% or 0.56 to hit $72.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.63 to trade at $75.55 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.78% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 104.32.