U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.23%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Transportation, Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.23%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT), which rose 0.94% or 24.00 points to trade at 2,574.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 0.55% or 14.00 points to end at 2,572.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 0.36% or 7.00 points to 1,935.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP), which fell 3.77% or 146.00 points to trade at 3,732.00 at the close. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) declined 3.66% or 43.50 points to end at 1,145.50 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was down 3.41% or 176.00 points to 4,990.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1383 to 452 and 589 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.66% or 43.50 to 1,145.50.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.73% or 45.95 to $2,607.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.70% or 1.20 to hit $69.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.83% or 0.61 to trade at $72.78 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 108.07.