Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Insurance and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which rose 4.47% or 21.600 points to trade at 504.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) added 4.19% or 24.700 points to end at 614.300 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) was up 4.12% or 112.00 points to 2830.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Meggitt PLC (LON:MGGT), which fell 3.67% or 15.50 points to trade at 406.70 at the close. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) declined 2.73% or 46.00 points to end at 1636.00 and G4S PLC (LON:GFS) was down 2.44% or 4.50 points to 179.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1265 to 839 and 462 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.61% or 8.35 to $1364.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.00% or 1.58 to hit $41.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.71% or 1.55 to trade at $43.35 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.3312, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8375.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.