Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 3.27% or 42.00 points to trade at 1325.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Provident Financial (LON:PFG) added 1.94% or 16.50 points to end at 869.00 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 1.54% or 5.90 points to 389.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were 3I Group PLC (LON:III), which fell 3.39% or 31.50 points to trade at 898.50 at the close. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) declined 3.10% or 55.00 points to end at 1721.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 2.98% or 14.50 points to 471.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1526 to 513 and 373 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 4.57 to $1278.33 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.59% or 0.33 to hit $55.37 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.29 to trade at $61.92 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.3168, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8959.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.74.