Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which rose 5.17% or 15.10 points to trade at 306.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) added 2.56% or 19.60 points to end at 784.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was up 1.76% or 2.30 points to 132.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 5.01% or 96.60 points to trade at 1829.80 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 4.23% or 57.50 points to end at 1302.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was down 3.34% or 91.50 points to 2648.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1410 to 627 and 295 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.02% or 0.30 to $1291.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.58% or 0.42 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.35 to trade at $79.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.61% to 1.3352, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.89.