LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Food & Drug Retailers, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.21%. The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Sage Group PLC (LON:SGE), which rose 3.44% or 23.50 points to trade at 707.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) added 2.96% or 89.00 points to end at 3097.00 and Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) was up 1.84% or 48.00 points to 2660.00 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which fell 5.72% or 16.00 points to trade at 263.50 at the close. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) declined 4.33% or 380.00 points to end at 8395.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 3.71% or 11.05 points to 286.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1204 to 765 and 427 ended unchanged. Shares in Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) rose to all time highs; rising 1.84% or 48.00 to 2660.00. Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.55% or 6.94 to $1250.06 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.13% or 0.06 to hit $47.60 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.10% or 0.05 to trade at $50.51 a barrel. GBP/USD was down 0.20% to 1.2914, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8456. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 98.92.
