Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Beverage, Industrial Engineering and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 5.81% or 46.50 points to trade at 846.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) added 5.60% or 16.60 points to end at 313.00 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) was up 2.92% or 21.50 points to 758.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diageo PLC (LON:DGE), which fell 2.78% or 69.50 points to trade at 2426.50 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 1.65% or 10.00 points to end at 596.50 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 1.30% or 15.00 points to 1135.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1012 to 936 and 442 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.45% or 5.91 to $1316.51 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.80% or 0.90 to hit $50.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.07 to trade at $56.21 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.45% to 1.3562, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8850.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 91.50.