Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the General Retailers, Forestry & Paper and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.65% or 4.30 points to trade at 122.00 at the close. Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) added 3.54% or 6.05 points to end at 177.00 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 2.34% or 56.00 points to 2452.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which lost 12.47% or 37.80 points to trade at 265.40 in late trade. St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) declined 3.65% or 35.60 points to end at 941.20 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) shed 3.48% or 29.00 points to 804.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1307 to 793 and 300 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.57% or 7.55 to $1320.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.24% or 1.80 to hit $57.30 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.25% or 1.47 to trade at $66.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.3306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8545.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 96.037.