Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which rose 3.52% or 17.00 points to trade at 500.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 2.04% or 30.00 points to end at 1500.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 1.43% or 4.30 points to 305.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which lost 9.17% or 119.50 points to trade at 1184.00 in late trade. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 5.19% or 88.00 points to end at 1607.50 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) shed 4.83% or 15.80 points to 311.15.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1399 to 557 and 298 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.69% or 8.70 to $1246.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.40% or 1.78 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.28% or 2.59 to trade at $76.27 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.29% to 1.3238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8855.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.09.