Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which rose 3.21% or 18.50 points to trade at 594.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 3.00% or 5.90 points to end at 202.90 and Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) was up 2.94% or 10.40 points to 364.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 2.62% or 28.50 points to trade at 1059.00 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 2.60% or 7.65 points to end at 286.65 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was down 2.33% or 75.00 points to 3142.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1090 to 847 and 402 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.72% or 9.13 to $1277.73 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.66% or 1.70 to hit $44.76 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.59% or 1.75 to trade at $46.97 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.2807, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 96.44.