Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.61% or 62.00 points to trade at 1780.00 at the close. Next PLC (LON:NXT) added 3.51% or 169.00 points to end at 4979.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.92% or 27.500 points to 968.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which lost 4.34% or 29.200 points to trade at 644.100 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) declined 2.86% or 60.50 points to end at 2054.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) shed 2.84% or 62.50 points to 2136.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1703 to 589 and 423 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.49% or 19.25 to $1307.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.21% or 1.50 to hit $45.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.20% or 1.54 to trade at $46.60 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2313, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.9026.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 97.25.