Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Household Goods & Home Construction, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), which rose 17.87% or 192.50 points to trade at 1,269.50 at the close. London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSEG) added 1.58% or 170.00 points to end at 10,900.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 1.58% or 39.00 points to 2,514.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV), which lost 5.44% or 36.50 points to trade at 634.00 in late trade. B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB) declined 4.60% or 15.90 points to end at 330.10 and ConvaTec Group PLC (LON:CTEC) shed 4.12% or 10.00 points to 233.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1039 to 742 and 667 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.01% or 26.70 to $2,657.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $73.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 106.76.