Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Food & Drug Retailers and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 2.44% or 29.50 points to trade at 1237.50 at the close. Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) added 2.19% or 29.00 points to end at 1355.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 2.17% or 29.00 points to 1363.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH), which lost 3.77% or 96.00 points to trade at 2448.00 in late trade. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.96% or 38.00 points to end at 1244.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) shed 2.42% or 5.30 points to 213.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1310 to 964 and 469 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 1.93% or 23.35 to $1187.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $49.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2448, while EUR/GBP fell 0.87% to 0.8478.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.62% at 101.72.