U.K. Stocks Rise After Thursday Close

U.K. stocks closed higher on Thursday, with gains in the Industrial Engineering, Media, and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors driving shares upward.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 increased by 0.49%, reaching a new three-month high.

Best Performers

• Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) rose 3.91% (290.00 points) to 7,700.00.
• Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) gained 3.71% (105.00 points) to finish at 2,937.00.
• Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) was up 2.72% (94.00 points) to 3,556.00.

Worst Performers

• Londonmetric Property Plc (LON:LMPL) fell 3.45% (7.10 points) to 198.90.
• Segro Plc (LON:SGRO) declined 1.92% (16.80 points) to 860.20.
• Unite Group PLC (LON:UTG) was down 1.87% (18.00 points) to 945.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 990 to 773, with 713 remaining unchanged.

Bunzl PLC shares rose to all-time highs, gaining 2.72% (94.00) to 3,556.00.

Commodities and Currency

• Gold Futures for December delivery increased 0.54% (13.75) to $2,551.55 per troy ounce.
• Crude oil for October delivery rose 1.83% (1.36) to $75.88 per barrel.
• The November Brent oil contract increased 1.37% (1.06) to $78.64 per barrel.

Currency updates:
– GBP/USD remained unchanged at 1.32.
– EUR/GBP was also unchanged at 0.84.
– The US Dollar Index Futures rose 0.27% to 101.27.