Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, General Industrial and General Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 5.42% or 24.50 points to trade at 476.90 at the close. Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) added 4.18% or 89.00 points to end at 2219.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 3.51% or 40.00 points to 1180.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which lost 6.57% or 24.10 points to trade at 342.60 in late trade. Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) declined 3.63% or 8.35 points to end at 221.75 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) shed 2.82% or 12.60 points to 433.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1095 to 834 and 393 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.54% or 6.25 to $1165.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.49% or 0.79 to hit $52.19 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.63 to trade at $55.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.38% to 1.2706, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8386.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.22% at 100.86.