Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food Producers and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which rose 5.64% or 8.75 points to trade at 164.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 5.52% or 6.20 points to end at 118.60 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 5.41% or 119.00 points to 2320.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pearson PLC (LON:PSON), which fell 5.98% or 58.40 points to trade at 918.20 at the close. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) declined 4.19% or 262.00 points to end at 5990.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.96% or 27.20 points to 892.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1158 to 933 and 283 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.49% or 6.35 to $1294.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.95 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.14 to trade at $60.78 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2855, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.650.