Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Food & Drug Retailers and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 6.49% or 56.60 points to trade at 929.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) added 5.07% or 92.50 points to end at 1918.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 3.46% or 31.60 points to 946.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW), which fell 4.86% or 11.00 points to trade at 215.30 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) declined 2.07% or 11.60 points to end at 548.20 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was down 1.95% or 9.25 points to 464.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1175 to 708 and 151 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.20 to $1324.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $60.72 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $64.56 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.06% to 1.3954, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8865.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.72.