U.K. shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.31% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Mining, Electrical and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF), which rose 5.50% or 825.0 points to trade at 15815.0 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 4.64% or 132.5 points to end at 2989.5 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.99% or 39.60 points to 1032.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which lost 4.72% or 21.05 points to trade at 425.05 in late trade. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) declined 3.83% or 119.0 points to end at 2986.0 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) shed 2.52% or 181.0 points to 7011.0.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1392 to 863 and 209 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1721.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.11% or 1.36 to hit $65.80 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.30% or 1.56 to trade at $69.46 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.36% to 1.3980, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8574.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 91.427.