Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Automobiles & Parts and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 3.83% or 19.60 points to trade at 531.80 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 3.14% or 3.25 points to end at 106.70 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.03% or 34.00 points to 1157.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which lost 3.35% or 3.92 points to trade at 113.28 in late trade. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.02% or 17.60 points to end at 854.40 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 1.93% or 18.20 points to 923.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1060 to 997 and 342 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.28% or 3.75 to $1317.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.97% or 0.58 to hit $59.36 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.28% or 0.19 to trade at $67.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.18% to 1.3231, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8515.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.315.