Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Food Producers, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which rose 4.88% or 89.0 points to trade at 1912.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 3.79% or 174.00 points to end at 4763.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 1.68% or 8.50 points to 516.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which fell 3.40% or 159.50 points to trade at 4524.50 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) declined 2.19% or 47.50 points to end at 2123.00 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) was down 2.15% or 49.00 points to 2225.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1100 to 780 and 465 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.88% or 89.0 to 1912.0.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.66% or 8.10 to $1241.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.34% or 0.18 to hit $52.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.43 to trade at $55.32 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.14% to 1.2480, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 100.56.