Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Mobile Telecommunications and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.62%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which rose 3.12% or 2.28 points to trade at 75.42 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 2.45% or 11.90 points to end at 496.80 and DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS) was up 2.40% or 7.30 points to 312.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which lost 4.47% or 16.60 points to trade at 354.80 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 3.15% or 266.0 points to end at 8190.0 and HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) shed 2.82% or 8.60 points to 296.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1127 to 1032 and 190 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.65% or 12.25 to $1906.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.57% or 0.63 to hit $40.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.53% or 0.65 to trade at $43.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.74% to 1.3030, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.9022.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.345.