Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mobile Telecommunications and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (L:HRGV), which rose 3.66% or 47.00 points to trade at 1330.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Intertek Group PLC (L:ITRK) added 2.59% or 65.00 points to end at 2577.00 and Antofagasta PLC (L:ANTO) was up 2.47% or 14.00 points to 580.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Barratt Developments PLC (L:BDEV), which fell 3.79% or 24.000 points to trade at 610.000 at the close. Taylor Wimpey PLC (L:TW) declined 3.42% or 6.60 points to end at 186.50 and BT Group PLC (L:BT) was down 3.37% or 14.550 points to 417.200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1432 to 707 and 428 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (L:HRGV) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.66% or 47.00 to 1330.00.
Gold for December delivery was up 1.04% or 12.10 to $1177.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.77% or 0.36 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.13 to trade at $49.56 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.32% to 1.5450, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.7406.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.60% at 94.23.