Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Aerospace & Defense and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 6.16% or 136.00 points to trade at 2343.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 3.60% or 6.00 points to end at 172.60 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 2.51% or 107.00 points to 4374.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which fell 4.57% or 28.50 points to trade at 595.50 at the close. BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) declined 2.70% or 16.50 points to end at 594.00 and Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH) was down 2.53% or 95.00 points to 3657.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1088 to 851 and 409 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.12 to $1344.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.17% or 0.57 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.67 to trade at $54.05 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.26% to 1.3068, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.9135.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 92.02.