Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the General Retailers, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 4.48% or 345.00 points to trade at 8050.00 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 3.46% or 12.55 points to end at 375.55 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 3.42% or 48.50 points to 1468.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Next PLC (LON:NXT), which lost 9.14% or 450.00 points to trade at 4471.00 in late trade. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 6.05% or 45.40 points to end at 705.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) shed 4.45% or 15.30 points to 328.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1223 to 768 and 401 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.59% or 7.46 to $1277.96 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $54.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.27 to trade at $60.67 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.3262, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.63.