Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Food & Drug Retailers and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT), which rose 2.62% or 31.00 points to trade at 1214.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BG Group (LONDON:BG) added 1.69% or 14.90 points to end at 895.70 and Rio Tinto (LONDON:RIO) was up 1.46% or 42.00 points to 2926.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM), which fell 6.08% or 73.00 points to trade at 1127.00 at the close. Sage Group (LONDON:SGE) declined 2.74% or 13.20 points to end at 468.50 and Barclays (LONDON:BARC) was down 2.53% or 6.55 points to 251.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1362 to 729 and 358 ended unchanged.
Shares in TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.62% or 31.00 to 1214.00.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.40% or 4.80 to $1196.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.73% or 0.82 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 1.44% or 0.80 to trade at $55.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.4889, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.7360.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 97.17.