Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, General Retailers and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Croda International PLC (LON:CRDA), which rose 4.78% or 219.00 points to trade at 4,805.00 at the close. GSK plc (LON:GSK) added 1.96% or 30.20 points to end at 1,568.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 1.70% or 29.00 points to 1,735.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which lost 3.04% or 24.20 points to trade at 771.40 in late trade. Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) declined 2.91% or 7.40 points to end at 247.30 and Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF) shed 2.55% or 2.92 points to 111.38.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 910 to 830 and 712 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.85% or 17.45 to $2,068.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.90% or 1.48 to hit $76.34 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.70% or 1.40 to trade at $81.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.16% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 102.98.