Investing.com – The UK Stock Exchange closed higher on Thursday; Sector gains, indexes lead higher.
At the close in London, it advanced 0.31%, reaching a new high in one month.
Among the leading stocks today was Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON :), whose value increased 5.50%, or 825.0 points, and traded at 15,815.0 at the close. Follow him Anglo American PLC (LON 🙂 which rose 4.64%, 132.5 points to close at 2,989.5, then EasyJet PLC (LON 🙂 which rose 3.99%, 39.60 points, until the session closed at 1,032.00.
To the tail of the pointer is over HSBC Holdings PLC (LON :), which fell 4.72% or 21.05 points, to close at 425.05. Persimmon Meanwhile, PLC (LON 🙂 lost 3.83%, 119.0 points, and closed at 2986.0, while AstraZeneca PLC (LON 🙂 lost 2.52%, 181.0 points, to close at 7011.0.
The green numbers outperformed the red on the London Stock Exchange by 1,392 to 863, and 209 was flat.
Gold futures for April delivery are unchanged, 0.00%, from $ 0.00 to $ 1,721.80 an ounce. Regarding other commodities, crude oil futures for April delivery rose 2.13%, or $ 1.37, to remain at $ 65.81 a barrel, while Brent crude oil futures for May delivery rose 2.30%, $ 1.56, to $ 69.46 a barrel.
The GBP / USD was up 0.36% at 1.3980, while EUR / GBP was up 0.17% at 0.8573.
The dollar index fell 0.43% to 91,430.
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