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U.K. stocks extend winning streak for second day

U.K. stocks finished up Thursday, with the FTSE 100 Index
UKX,
-0.01%

rising 1.25% at 7,383.11.

Among FTSE 100 constituents, gambling industries company Entain PLC
ENT,
+3.00%

saw the largest increase Thursday, as shares rallied 4.36%.

Shares of precious metals firm Fresnillo PLC
FRES,
+1.01%

and containers/packaging company Smurfit Kappa Group PLC
SKG,
-0.48%

increased 4.22% and 3.88%, respectively.

Halma PLC
HLMA,
+0.88%
,
a precision products company, and general mining business Rio Tinto PLC
RIO,
+0.14%

rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks increased 3.43% and 3.27%, respectively.

Ocado Group PLC
OCDO,
+5.02%
,
a food retail company, saw the largest decrease of the FTSE 100 constituents, as shares declined 8.18% on Thursday.

Shares of air freight firm Royal Mail PLC
RMG,
+1.73%

and passenger airlines company International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A.
IAG,
-0.72%

shed 2.18% and 2.07%, respectively.

Barclays PLC
BARC,
-0.94%
,
a major international banks company, and publishing firm Pearson PLC
PSON,
-0.94%

rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks shed 1.96% and 1.91%, respectively.

The pound was up 0.16% against dollar
GBPUSD,
+0.09%

at $1.3170 and was down 0.70% against the euro
UK:GBPEUR
at €1.1831.

Brent crude
US:BRN00
rallied 8.4% to $106.25, and the yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
1.500%

rose 3.947 basis points to 1.567%.


Editor’s Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.


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