Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Chemicals and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.58%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which rose 2.99% or 68.00 points to trade at 2345.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 2.22% or 45.50 points to end at 2096.50 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 1.14% or 22.00 points to 1950.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT), which fell 5.40% or 183.00 points to trade at 3204.00 at the close. RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) declined 4.36% or 26.00 points to end at 571.00 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was down 3.15% or 3.50 points to 107.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1257 to 858 and 219 ended unchanged.
Shares in Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) rose to all time highs; up 2.99% or 68.00 to 2345.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.88% or 12.45 to $1423.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.56% or 0.90 to hit $56.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.70 to trade at $63.65 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.2445, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.9020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.847.