Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Insurance, Mining and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH), which rose 2.34% or 112.00 points to trade at 4,898.00 at the close. Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) added 2.24% or 94.00 points to end at 4,290.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was up 1.61% or 2.35 points to 148.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which lost 6.34% or 19.40 points to trade at 286.50 in late trade. Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) declined 5.62% or 153.00 points to end at 2,569.00 and Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) shed 3.76% or 500.00 points to 12,845.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1189 to 912 and 379 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.01% or 0.25 to $2,032.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.30 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.15% or 0.12 to trade at $77.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 102.14.