U.K. Stock Market Update

U.K. stocks experienced gains after the market closed on Thursday, driven by the Beverage, Insurance, and Mobile Telecommunications sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.13%.

Top Performers

• Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX): +5.06% (55.00 points) to 1,141.00
• Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB): +3.87% (111.00 points) to 2,981.00
• Diageo PLC (LON:DGE): +3.72% (87.00 points) to 2,428.50

Worst Performers

• Frasers Group PLC (LON:FRAS): -10.66% (79.00 points) to 662.00
• Segro Plc (LON:SGRO): -2.92% (22.60 points) to 752.20
• DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS): -2.43% (14.00 points) to 563.00

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 993 to 809, with 628 ending unchanged. Shares in Frasers Group PLC dropped to their 52-week lows, declining 10.66%.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures (February delivery): -0.74% (19.90 to $2,656.30 per troy ounce)
• Crude Oil (January delivery): -0.09% (0.06 to $68.48 per barrel)
• Brent Oil (February contract): -0.04% (0.03 to $72.28 per barrel)

Currency Movements

• GBP/USD: +0.44% to 1.28
• EUR/GBP: Up 0.15% to 0.83
• US Dollar Index Futures: -0.45% at 105.81