Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Food & Drug Retailers and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT), which rose 2.62% or 31.00 points to trade at 1214.00 at the close. BG Group (LONDON:BG) added 1.69% or 14.90 points to end at 895.70 and Rio Tinto (LONDON:RIO) was up 1.46% or 42.00 points to 2926.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM), which lost 6.08% or 73.00 points to trade at 1127.00 in late trade. Sage Group (LONDON:SGE) declined 2.74% or 13.20 points to end at 468.50 and Barclays (LONDON:BARC) shed 2.53% or 6.55 points to 251.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1362 to 729 and 358 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.40% or 4.80 to $1196.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.73% or 0.82 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.48% or 0.81 to trade at $55.92 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.4889, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.7360.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 97.17.