Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 7.80% or 23.70 points to trade at 327.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 4.54% or 37.00 points to end at 852.60 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was up 2.72% or 3.65 points to 137.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL), which fell 9.29% or 237.00 points to trade at 2314.00 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 3.97% or 4.05 points to end at 98.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was down 2.69% or 125.50 points to 4547.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1081 to 962 and 347 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to all time lows; losing 3.97% or 4.05 to 98.00.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.05 to $1276.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.74 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.07% to 1.3039, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8667.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.648.