Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the General Industrial, Food Producers and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which rose 2.05% or 48.00 points to trade at 2393.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 1.69% or 5.30 points to end at 318.30 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) was up 1.65% or 1.14 points to 70.08 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which fell 3.22% or 145.50 points to trade at 4376.50 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.62% or 45.00 points to end at 1676.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 2.26% or 12.50 points to 540.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1056 to 938 and 416 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.38% or 4.95 to $1292.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.36% or 2.10 to hit $46.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.43% or 1.72 to trade at $48.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.2927, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8692.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.78.