Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Chemicals and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which rose 2.99% or 68.00 points to trade at 2345.00 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 2.22% or 45.50 points to end at 2096.50 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 1.14% or 22.00 points to 1950.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT), which lost 5.40% or 183.00 points to trade at 3204.00 in late trade. RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) declined 4.36% or 26.00 points to end at 571.00 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) shed 3.15% or 3.50 points to 107.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1257 to 858 and 219 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.88% or 12.35 to $1423.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.56% or 0.90 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.72 to trade at $63.63 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.33% to 1.2444, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.9020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.850.