Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Forestry & Paper and Electrical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 4.29% or 9.200 points to trade at 223.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) added 4.12% or 13.200 points to end at 333.300 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 3.74% or 6.1500 points to 170.4000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 3.60% or 22.60 points to trade at 606.10 at the close. Meggitt PLC (LON:MGGT) declined 3.22% or 13.00 points to end at 390.70 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 2.93% or 12.70 points to 421.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1028 to 976 and 496 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.27% or 3.45 to $1273.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.95% or 0.46 to hit $48.77 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.35 to trade at $49.63 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.04% to 1.4612, while EUR/GBP fell 1.35% to 0.7717.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 94.70.