U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals&Mining, Software&Computer Services and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 fell 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which rose 3.52% or 17.00 points to trade at 500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 2.04% or 30.00 points to end at 1500.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 1.43% or 4.30 points to 305.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which fell 9.17% or 119.50 points to trade at 1184.00 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 5.19% or 88.00 points to end at 1607.50 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 4.83% or 15.80 points to 311.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1399 to 557 and 298 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.69% or 8.70 to $1246.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.40% or 1.78 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.31% or 2.61 to trade at $76.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.29% to 1.3238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 94.09.
