Investing.com – British shares closed lower on Thursday; The decline in , sectors pushed the indices down.
At the close in London, it was down 0.38%.
Best value for session in Kant okado group PLC (LON :), up 2.12% or 25.50 points, to settle at 1.00 at the close. followed by J Sainsbury’s PLC (LON :), which rose 1.99%, 4.80 points to close at 246.00, and AstraZeneca PLC (LON :), which rose 1.97%, 206.00 points, to close at 10.00.
To the tail of the cursor is over revive PLC (LON 🙂 which fell by 4.91% or 21.80 points to close at 422.40. Barat Developments For its part, the stock of PLC (LON 🙂 cut 4.26%, 22.60 points, and closed at 507.80, while Abrdn PLC (LON 🙂 lost 3.79%, 8.00 points, to close at 203.00.
The Reds beat the Greens on the London Stock Exchange by 998 to 874, with 453 closing flat.
Shares of Barratt Developments PLC (LON 🙂 slumped to a 52-week low, down 4.26% to close at 22.60 to settle at 507.80. AstraZeneca PLC (LON 🙂 shares rose to an all-time high, advancing 1.97% to 206.00 to settle at 10.00.
Gold futures for June delivery rose 0.66%, or 12.65, at $1.00 an ounce. Among other commodities, crude oil futures for May delivery fell 0.45%, or 0.43 to settle at $95.80 a barrel, while Brent crude futures for June delivery fell 0.66%, or $0.67, to $100.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD settled 0.02% at 1.31, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.02% at 0.83.
The dollar index rose 0.12% to 99.73.
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