Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Automobiles & Parts and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 3.83% or 19.60 points to trade at 531.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) added 3.14% or 3.25 points to end at 106.70 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.03% or 34.00 points to 1157.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which fell 3.35% or 3.92 points to trade at 113.28 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.02% or 17.60 points to end at 854.40 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 1.93% or 18.20 points to 923.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1060 to 997 and 342 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.29% or 3.85 to $1317.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.98% or 0.59 to hit $59.35 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.18 to trade at $67.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.20% to 1.3233, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8514.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.320.