LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Construction & Materials and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.24%. The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 2.75% or 43.00 points to trade at 1606.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 2.16% or 3.85 points to end at 182.30 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 2.09% or 7.50 points to 365.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which fell 3.82% or 62.00 points to trade at 1560.00 at the close. CRH PLC (LON:CRH) declined 3.48% or 100.00 points to end at 2774.00 and British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) was down 3.34% or 22.50 points to 651.50. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1303 to 580 and 458 ended unchanged. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.67% or 20.69 to $1257.09 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.25% or 0.61 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.45% or 0.75 to trade at $52.40 a barrel. GBP/USD was up 0.22% to 1.2946, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8602. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 97.55.
