Published: May 18, 2023 at 12:01 p.m. ET
U.K. stocks finished up Thursday, with the FTSE 100 Index FTSE 100 Index growing 0.25% at 7,742.30.
Of the FTSE 100 constituents, clothing retail company JD Sports Fashion PLC JD Sports Fashion PLC saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares increased 5.92%.
Shares of general services firm Ashtead Group PLC Ashtead Group PLC and major international…
U.K. stocks finished up Thursday, with the FTSE 100 Index
UKX
growing 0.25% at 7,742.30.
Of the FTSE 100 constituents, clothing retail company JD Sports Fashion PLC
JD
saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares increased 5.92%.
Shares of general services firm Ashtead Group PLC
AHT
and major international banks company Standard Chartered PLC
STAN
rose 3.35% and 2.88%, respectively.
Ferguson PLC
FERG
,
a wholesalers company, and specialty retail business D C C P L C
DCC
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks climbed 2.74% and 2.72%, respectively.
International Distribution Services PLC
IDS
,
an air freight company, saw the largest decline of the FTSE 100 constituents, as shares fell 5.99% on Thursday.
Shares of clothing firm Burberry Group PLC
BRBY
and wired telecommunications services company BT Group PLC
BT.A
fell 5.20% and 5.00%, respectively.
Polymetal International PLC
POLY
,
a general mining company, and food retail company Ocado Group PLC
OCDO
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks dropped 3.75% and 3.07%, respectively.
The pound was down 0.51% against dollar
GBPUSD
at $1.2424 and was up 0.05% against the euro
GBPEUR
at €1.1527.
Brent crude
BRN00
shed 1.2% to $76.02, and the yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y
rose 11.510 basis points to 3.959%.
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