U.K. equities finished the session higher on Thursday, with the United Kingdom 100 climbing 1.25% at the London close. Gains were driven by moves in the Mining, Electrical and Automobiles & Parts sectors.
Top and bottom movers
- B&M European Value Retail PLC (LON:BMEB) rose 4.68% - a gain of 11.00 points - to close at 246.00.
- SSE PLC (LON:SSE) added 3.58%, up 86.00 points, finishing at 2,487.00.
- Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) climbed 3.25%, gaining 127.00 points to end the day at 4,040.00.
- Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV) led decliners, falling 3.48% or 9.80 points to 271.60 at the close.
- Unite Group PLC (LON:UTG) slipped 2.51%, down 12.20 points to 473.60.
- Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP) was lower by 1.93%, a decline of 72.00 points to 3,666.00.
Market breadth at the London Stock Exchange favored risers: 1,128 stocks advanced while 563 declined and 558 finished unchanged.
Commodities and energy
Gold futures for December delivery rose 0.47% - up 20.67 - to $4,408.17 a troy ounce. In energy markets, crude oil for October delivery fell 1.59% or $1.63 to $100.80 a barrel, and the November Brent contract decreased 2.44% or $2.58 to trade at $103.25 a barrel.
Currencies and dollar index
GBP/USD was effectively unchanged, recorded at 1.33 with a 0.31% notation, while EUR/GBP was quoted at 0.86 showing a 0.40% unchanged reading. The US Dollar Index Futures stood at 99.98, unchanged on the session at 0.00%.
Contextual note - The session's strongest names were concentrated in retail, utilities and mining, while select real estate and investment holdings underperformed. Commodity price moves were mixed, with gold up and crude and Brent down.