Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (LON:SKG), which rose 3.55% or 102.00 points to trade at 2,972.00 at the close. DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS) added 2.97% or 8.10 points to end at 281.10 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 1.61% or 5.10 points to 322.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which lost 6.06% or 16.70 points to trade at 258.90 in late trade. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 5.47% or 29.00 points to end at 501.00 and Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) shed 3.97% or 2.63 points to 63.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1039 to 704 and 708 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.09% or 1.75 to $2,053.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $73.57 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.25 to trade at $78.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 103.98.