Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Beverage and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 7.18% or 15.10 points to trade at 225.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 3.63% or 45.00 points to end at 1285.50 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) was up 3.00% or 20.60 points to 708.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH), which fell 4.42% or 116.0 points to trade at 2510.0 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.45% or 5.00 points to end at 140.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 3.33% or 41.00 points to 1189.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1013 to 958 and 138 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.18% or 15.10 to 225.40.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.11% or 15.00 to $1360.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.23% or 1.46 to hit $66.97 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 1.27 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.4192, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.18.