Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 4.00% or 7.10 points to trade at 184.40 at the close. SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) added 3.90% or 51.00 points to end at 1359.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 3.50% or 83.50 points to 2472.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which lost 4.96% or 105.00 points to trade at 2010.00 in late trade. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 4.15% or 72.60 points to end at 1675.00 and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) shed 3.42% or 50.0 points to 1412.2.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1269 to 675 and 136 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.69% or 9.20 to $1323.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.34 to trade at $73.52 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.27% to 1.3939, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.97.