Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were ITV Plc (LONDON:ITV), which rose 3.64% or 8.10 points to trade at 230.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM) added 3.09% or 32.00 points to end at 1069.00 and easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ) was up 2.71% or 47.00 points to 1778.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hargreaves Lansdown Plc (LONDON:HRGV), which fell 7.56% or 79.00 points to trade at 966.00 at the close. Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) declined 5.15% or 21.50 points to end at 395.90 and Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets (LONDON:MRW) was down 2.42% or 4.50 points to 181.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1102 to 957 and 353 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.28% or 3.50 to $1263.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 5.33% or 2.83 to hit $50.22 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 3.45% or 2.00 to trade at $55.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.5210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7501.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 94.24.