Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, General Industrial and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 5.42% or 24.50 points to trade at 476.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) added 4.18% or 89.00 points to end at 2219.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 3.51% or 40.00 points to 1180.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which fell 6.57% or 24.10 points to trade at 342.60 at the close. Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) declined 3.63% or 8.35 points to end at 221.75 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was down 2.82% or 12.60 points to 433.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1095 to 834 and 393 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.54% or 6.25 to $1165.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.49% or 0.79 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.62 to trade at $55.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.38% to 1.2706, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8386.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.86.