U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.04%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the fell 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:), which rose 3.06% or 84.00 points to trade at 2,826.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BAE Systems PLC (LON:) added 2.12% or 28.00 points to end at 1,348.00 and GSK plc (LON:) was up 2.07% or 33.50 points to 1,651.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:), which fell 5.97% or 114.00 points to trade at 1,796.50 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:) declined 4.05% or 5.80 points to end at 137.30 and NatWest Group PLC (LON:) was down 3.26% or 11.40 points to 338.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1009 to 741 and 727 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.49% or 12.50 to $2,540.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.11% or 0.84 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.88 to trade at $77.78 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 0.53% to 1.32, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

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