Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Media and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.97% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 2.01% or 2.95 points to trade at 149.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 1.88% or 8.60 points to end at 467.00 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) was up 1.83% or 41.00 points to 2284.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which fell 4.09% or 49.00 points to trade at 1147.50 at the close. Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) declined 3.82% or 84.00 points to end at 2116.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was down 3.65% or 97.0 points to 2562.0.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1378 to 661 and 307 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.80 to $1202.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.29% or 0.90 to hit $68.97 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.76 to trade at $77.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.38% to 1.2903, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.9011.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 95.09.