© Reuters. U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.06%Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Tesco PLC (LON:), which rose 3.59% or 8.40 points to trade at 242.30 at the close. Old Mutual Ltd (LON:) added 2.02% or 2.48 points to end at 125.48 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:) was up 1.92% or 37.00 points to 1967.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:), which lost 6.49% or 416.00 points to trade at 5992.00 in late trade. Whitbread PLC (LON:) declined 2.12% or 106.00 points to end at 4894.00 and Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:) shed 1.68% or 4.70 points to 275.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1090 to 970 and 344 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.45% or 5.85 to $1314.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 0.59 to hit $64.57 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.49% or 1.05 to trade at $71.66 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.3115, while EUR/GBP fell 0.26% to 0.8598.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 96.477.
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