U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.64%

U.K. Stocks Decline Post-Close

U.K. stocks were lower on Wednesday, led by losses in Fixed Line Telecommunications, Financial Services, and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.64%.

Top Performers

• WPP PLC (LON:WPP): +6.10% (+47.20 points) to 820.80
• Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR): +4.60% (+157.00 points) to 3,574.00
• Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RKT): +3.99% (+190.00 points) to 4,953.00

Worst Performers

• 3I Group PLC (LON:III): -2.45% (-83.00 points) to 3,300.00
• Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL): -2.35% (-56.00 points) to 2,323.50
• Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN): -2.23% (-36.00 points) to 1,577.00

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing stocks on the London Stock Exchange with 1013 declines against 784 advances, while 663 remained unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures (December): -0.97% to $2,733.15 per troy ounce
• Crude Oil (December): -1.69% to $70.53 per barrel
• Brent Oil (December): -1.64% to $74.79 per barrel

Currency Rates

• GBP/USD: unchanged at 1.29
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83
• US Dollar Index Futures: +0.39% at 104.32