Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Beverage, Industrial Engineering and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 5.81% or 46.50 points to trade at 846.50 at the close. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 5.60% or 16.60 points to end at 313.00 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) was up 2.92% or 21.50 points to 758.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diageo PLC (LON:DGE), which lost 2.78% or 69.50 points to trade at 2426.50 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 1.65% or 10.00 points to end at 596.50 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) shed 1.30% or 15.00 points to 1135.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1012 to 936 and 442 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.45% or 5.91 to $1316.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.07 to trade at $56.21 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.45% to 1.3562, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.