Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 6.31% or 82.50 points to trade at 1389.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 6.00% or 400.00 points to end at 7070.00 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was up 5.45% or 8.20 points to 158.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which fell 3.54% or 136.00 points to trade at 3710.00 at the close. DCC plc (LON:DCC) declined 3.19% or 200.0 points to end at 6065.0 and Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) was down 2.70% or 140.00 points to 5047.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1283 to 802 and 288 ended unchanged.
Shares in DCC plc (LON:DCC) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.19% or 200.0 to 6065.0.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.42% or 5.00 to $1204.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.92% or 1.07 to hit $56.76 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.96% or 1.28 to trade at $66.75 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.41% to 1.3031, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8684.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.81.