Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, General Retailers and Food Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 1.69% or 14.00 points to trade at 843.50 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 1.44% or 18.00 points to end at 1265.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was up 1.39% or 100.00 points to 7295.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which lost 5.09% or 17.60 points to trade at 328.00 in late trade. Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) declined 2.78% or 10.20 points to end at 356.20 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) shed 2.77% or 15.50 points to 545.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1481 to 524 and 405 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.24% or 2.95 to $1249.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.83% or 0.40 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.51 to trade at $50.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2481, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 99.40.