Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Life Insurance/Assurance, Automobiles & Parts and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 4.89% or 72.00 points to trade at 1544.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 2.79% or 200.00 points to end at 7380.00 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) was up 1.28% or 4.90 points to 388.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which fell 2.60% or 20.90 points to trade at 783.10 at the close. Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) declined 2.33% or 44.00 points to end at 1841.50 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was down 2.28% or 92.00 points to 3945.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1343 to 637 and 422 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shire PLC (LON:SHP) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.28% or 92.00 to 3945.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.23% or 15.53 to $1278.13 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.58% or 0.30 to trade at $52.44 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.05% to 1.2996, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.9033.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.52.