Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Forestry & Paper and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND), which rose 3.02% or 27.40 points to trade at 935.60 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 2.67% or 51.50 points to end at 1983.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 2.13% or 42.00 points to 2011.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 3.90% or 84.50 points to trade at 2080.50 in late trade. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) declined 3.75% or 9.80 points to end at 251.50 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) shed 2.65% or 24.80 points to 911.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1048 to 1044 and 319 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.40% or 5.15 to $1278.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.75% or 0.50 to hit $65.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $74.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2926, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 97.708.