Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.61% or 62.00 points to trade at 1780.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Next PLC (LON:NXT) added 3.51% or 169.00 points to end at 4979.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.92% or 27.500 points to 968.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which fell 4.34% or 29.200 points to trade at 644.100 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) declined 2.86% or 60.50 points to end at 2054.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) was down 2.84% or 62.50 points to 2136.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1703 to 589 and 423 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.49% or 19.25 to $1307.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.21% or 1.50 to hit $45.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.20% or 1.54 to trade at $46.60 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2313, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.9026.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.52% at 97.25.