U.K. Stocks Market Summary

U.K. stocks closed lower on Wednesday due to losses in several sectors, including Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications, and Industrial Metals & Mining.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.04%.

Best Performers

• Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH): up 3.06% or 84.00 points to 2,826.00
• BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES): up 2.12% or 28.00 points to 1,348.00
• GSK plc (LON:GSK): up 2.07% or 33.50 points to 1,651.50

Worst Performers

• Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO): down 5.97% or 114.00 points to 1,796.50
• JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD): down 4.05% or 5.80 points to 137.30
• NatWest Group PLC (LON:NWG): down 3.26% or 11.40 points to 338.00

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1009 to 741, with 727 remaining unchanged.

Commodities Trading

• Gold Futures for December down 0.49% or 12.50 to $2,540.40 a troy ounce
• Crude oil for October down 1.11% or 0.84 to $74.69 a barrel
• Brent oil for November down 1.12% or 0.88 to $77.78 a barrel

Currency Exchange

• GBP/USD down 0.53% to 1.32
• EUR/GBP unchanged at 0.84

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 100.97.