Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Food & Drug Retailers and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 2.92% or 37.50 points to trade at 1319.50 at the close. Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) added 2.88% or 67.00 points to end at 2392.00 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) was up 1.53% or 11.00 points to 729.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which lost 3.21% or 8.30 points to trade at 249.90 in late trade. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) declined 3.19% or 15.30 points to end at 464.30 and Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) shed 3.12% or 10.30 points to 319.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1185 to 831 and 327 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.23% or 2.80 to $1211.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.14% or 0.78 to hit $69.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.78 to trade at $77.07 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.03% to 1.3007, while EUR/GBP fell 1.00% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.54.