Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Forestry & Paper and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which rose 2.95% or 9.40 points to trade at 328.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BT Group PLC (LON:BT) added 2.69% or 6.00 points to end at 229.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.11% or 34.60 points to 1674.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 3.15% or 5.10 points to trade at 156.90 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 2.68% or 26.00 points to end at 944.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was down 2.35% or 39.20 points to 1630.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 985 to 927 and 340 ended unchanged.
Shares in J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.95% or 9.40 to 328.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.30% or 3.70 to $1257.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $74.08 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.17 to trade at $77.93 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.3218, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8807.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.38.