U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles&Parts, Electrical and Software&Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which rose 7.72% or 491.00 points to trade at 6850.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) added 2.72% or 53.50 points to end at 2018.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 1.90% or 52.0 points to 2793.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), which fell 10.36% or 84.60 points to trade at 732.00 at the close. SSE PLC (LON:SSE) declined 7.34% or 85.50 points to end at 1079.50 and Relx PLC (LON:REL) was down 3.69% or 71.50 points to 1867.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1141 to 971 and 192 ended unchanged.
Shares in AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.72% or 491.00 to 6850.00. Shares in Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.72% or 53.50 to 2018.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.73% or 10.35 to $1413.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $56.16 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.55% or 0.35 to trade at $63.53 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2442, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 97.620.
