Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 2.31% or 24.00 points to trade at 1063.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 1.87% or 3.05 points to end at 166.35 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 1.83% or 3.10 points to 172.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 4.97% or 84.00 points to trade at 1606.00 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) declined 4.86% or 50.60 points to end at 989.90 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was down 4.61% or 37.70 points to 779.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1259 to 876 and 491 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.85 to $1312.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.98% or 1.38 to hit $44.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.00% or 1.46 to trade at $47.27 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.3135, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8494.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 96.00.