Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Aerospace & Defense and Financial Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Informa PLC (LON:INF), which rose 3.68% or 31.20 points to trade at 878.20 at the close. Meanwhile, EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 3.04% or 13.00 points to end at 440.70 and Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) was up 2.92% or 136.00 points to 4,796.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which fell 3.50% or 16.10 points to trade at 443.90 at the close. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) declined 2.94% or 25.80 points to end at 852.60 and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP) was down 2.76% or 116.00 points to 4,094.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1088 to 675 and 723 ended unchanged.
Shares in Informa PLC (LON:INF) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.68% or 31.20 to 878.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.65% or 15.60 to $2,422.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.99% or 0.76 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.79 to trade at $81.80 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.15% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 103.95.