Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 5.20% or 20.90 points to trade at 422.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) added 2.36% or 7.90 points to end at 342.30 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 2.05% or 19.000 points to 944.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which fell 4.62% or 171.00 points to trade at 3528.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 3.24% or 17.50 points to end at 523.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was down 2.87% or 135.50 points to 4583.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1600 to 690 and 397 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.42% or 5.35 to $1268.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.06% or 0.53 to hit $49.43 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 0.70 to trade at $50.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2233, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8924.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 98.53.