Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Software & Computer Services and General Industrial sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 6.88% or 10.60 points to trade at 164.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Next PLC (LON:NXT) added 4.38% or 189.00 points to end at 4503.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 4.18% or 13.50 points to 336.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 5.98% or 440.00 points to trade at 6915.00 at the close. Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE) declined 3.89% or 31.50 points to end at 779.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 3.62% or 49.00 points to 1303.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1056 to 938 and 146 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.89% or 11.50 to $1283.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.48% or 0.86 to hit $57.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.91 to trade at $62.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.62% to 1.3428, while EUR/GBP fell 0.53% to 0.8826.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.16.