Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 3.49% or 7.50 points to trade at 222.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 2.45% or 2.50 points to end at 104.50 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) was up 1.95% or 1.13 points to 59.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which fell 4.68% or 228.50 points to trade at 4649.00 at the close. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) declined 4.54% or 10.10 points to end at 212.10 and Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) was down 4.16% or 3.58 points to 82.44.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1171 to 1026 and 223 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.54% or 10.10 to 212.10. Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to all time lows; falling 4.16% or 3.58 to 82.44.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1349.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.43% or 0.23 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.12 to trade at $62.02 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.60% to 1.2631, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.928.