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U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Tobacco, Mobile Telecommunications and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.29% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 2.87% or 29.00 points to trade at 1041.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) added 2.69% or 96.00 points to end at 3663.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 2.60% or 126.50 points to 4985.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which fell 3.81% or 8.60 points to trade at 216.90 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 2.23% or 9.100 points to end at 399.300 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was down 2.18% or 34.00 points to 1526.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1329 to 817 and 433 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.05 to $1352.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.65% or 1.94 to hit $43.65 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 4.63% or 2.04 to trade at $46.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.37% to 1.2963, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8613.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.65.
Source by Investing.com
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