U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Automobiles&Parts, Software&Computer Services and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (LON:SKG), which rose 3.00% or 74.00 points to trade at 2540.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 1.79% or 15.20 points to end at 863.20 and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) was up 1.73% or 9.50 points to 558.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which fell 11.73% or 233.00 points to trade at 1753.00 at the close. Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) declined 2.01% or 56.0 points to end at 2726.0 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was down 2.00% or 19.60 points to 961.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1085 to 1043 and 209 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.92% or 12.85 to $1413.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.82% or 2.21 to hit $60.04 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 3.87% or 2.48 to trade at $66.64 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.2508, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8999.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 96.713.
