Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Automobiles & Parts and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were BG Group (LONDON:BG), which rose 26.65% or 242.60 points to trade at 1153.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) added 4.43% or 13.30 points to end at 313.60 and Experian Plc (LONDON:EXPN) was up 2.70% or 31.00 points to 1181.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Dutch Shell B (LONDON:RDSb), which fell 8.56% or 189.00 points to trade at 2019.50 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell A (LONDON:RDSa) declined 5.33% or 111.50 points to end at 1982.50 and Ashtead Group (LONDON:AHT) was down 2.83% or 31.00 points to 1064.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1468 to 1182 and 441 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.55% or 6.70 to $1203.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 4.59% or 2.48 to hit $51.50 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 3.48% or 2.06 to trade at $57.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.76% to 1.4923, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.7249.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 97.97.