Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 3.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which rose 0.34% or 0.70 points to trade at 205.30 at the close. Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) added 0.30% or 6.00 points to end at 1987.00 and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd DRC (LON:0593xq) was up 0.28% or 3.00 points to 1080.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which lost 8.83% or 36.80 points to trade at 380.00 in late trade. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) declined 8.72% or 99.5 points to end at 1041.5 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) shed 8.54% or 21.50 points to 230.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1619 to 540 and 129 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 4.60 to $1777.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 5.03% or 2.03 to hit $38.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 4.88% or 2.08 to trade at $40.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.63% to 1.2439, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9065.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.995.