Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Beverage and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 7.18% or 15.10 points to trade at 225.40 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 3.63% or 45.00 points to end at 1285.50 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) was up 3.00% or 20.60 points to 708.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which lost 4.42% or 116.0 points to trade at 2510.0 in late trade. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.45% or 5.00 points to end at 140.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) shed 3.33% or 41.00 points to 1189.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1013 to 958 and 138 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.11% or 15.00 to $1360.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.23% or 1.46 to hit $66.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 1.24 to trade at $72.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.4192, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.18.