Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, General Retailers and Food Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 1.69% or 14.00 points to trade at 843.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 1.44% or 18.00 points to end at 1265.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was up 1.39% or 100.00 points to 7295.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which fell 5.09% or 17.60 points to trade at 328.00 at the close. Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) declined 2.78% or 10.20 points to end at 356.20 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was down 2.77% or 15.50 points to 545.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1481 to 524 and 405 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.24% or 2.95 to $1249.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.83% or 0.40 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.51 to trade at $50.45 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2481, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 99.40.