Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 2.47% or 20.00 points to trade at 830.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) added 1.80% or 13.00 points to end at 736.50 and Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) was up 1.72% or 11.00 points to 650.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which fell 5.73% or 11.20 points to trade at 184.40 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 3.98% or 130.50 points to end at 3145.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was down 3.90% or 47.50 points to 1171.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1132 to 793 and 447 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.11% or 1.45 to $1275.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.27 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.39 to trade at $55.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.05% to 1.2496, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.59.