Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Oil Equipment Services&Distribution and Electronic&Electrical Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 4.00% or 7.10 points to trade at 184.40 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) added 3.90% or 51.00 points to end at 1359.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 3.50% or 83.50 points to 2472.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which fell 4.96% or 105.00 points to trade at 2010.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 4.15% or 72.60 points to end at 1675.00 and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) was down 3.42% or 50.0 points to 1412.2.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1269 to 675 and 136 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.70% or 9.30 to $1323.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.33 to trade at $73.53 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.27% to 1.3939, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 90.97.
