Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the FTSE 350 - Mining, FTSE 350 - Oil & Gas Producers and FTSE 350 - Banks sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 2.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Royal Mail (LONDON:RMG), which rose 1.47% or 6.30 points to trade at 434.30 at the close. Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) added 0.94% or 2.00 points to end at 214.00 and Hammerson Plc (LONDON:HMSO) was up 0.64% or 4.00 points to 631.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN), which lost 9.28% or 24.95 points to trade at 244.00 in late trade. Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) declined 8.99% or 103.00 points to end at 1042.50 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LONDON:CCH) shed 6.06% or 69.0 points to 1069.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1627 to 456 and 372 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.39% or 4.80 to $1239.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in February fell 0.41% or 0.19 to hit $45.70 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 1.60% or 0.77 to trade at $47.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.48% to 1.5232, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7750.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 92.14.