Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Health Care Equipment & Services and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were BT Group (LONDON:BT), which rose 3.65% or 16.20 points to trade at 460.00 at the close. Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) added 3.60% or 58.00 points to end at 1671.00 and Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc (LONDON:RB) was up 3.31% or 185.00 points to 5775.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which lost 7.17% or 29.70 points to trade at 384.60 in late trade. Hargreaves Lansdown Plc (LONDON:HRGV) declined 2.76% or 27.50 points to end at 968.00 and Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets (LONDON:MRW) shed 2.34% or 4.30 points to 179.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1106 to 916 and 384 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.70% or 8.60 to $1223.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 0.94% or 0.47 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.01% or 1.16 to trade at $56.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.18% to 1.5227, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.7411.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.37% at 95.20.