Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which rose 5.17% or 15.10 points to trade at 306.90 at the close. Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) added 2.56% or 19.60 points to end at 784.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 1.76% or 2.30 points to 132.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 5.01% or 96.60 points to trade at 1829.80 in late trade. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 4.23% or 57.50 points to end at 1302.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) shed 3.34% or 91.50 points to 2648.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1410 to 627 and 295 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.60 to $1291.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.66% or 0.48 to hit $71.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.40 to trade at $79.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.62% to 1.3351, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8766.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 93.91.