Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 1.68% or 14.00 points to trade at 846.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 1.25% or 30.00 points to end at 2428.00 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was up 1.19% or 2.00 points to 170.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which fell 3.87% or 39.00 points to trade at 969.00 at the close. Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) declined 3.86% or 57.00 points to end at 1421.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 3.63% or 57.00 points to 1513.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1073 to 884 and 430 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.46% or 6.09 to $1326.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.56% or 0.75 to hit $48.98 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.63 to trade at $54.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.53% to 1.3213, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.9002.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 92.40.