UK stocks fall at the close; Investing.com UK 100 down 0.04% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, it was down 0.04%.

The best performers of the session 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 to 1,651.50 at the end of trading.

The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON: ), which decreased 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: ) declined 3.26% or 11.40 points to 338 ,00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1009 at 741, with 727 ending unchanged.

Gold futures for December delivery fell 0.49%, or 12.50, to $2,540.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery fell 1.11%, or 0.84, to $74.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.88, to 77.78 dollars per barrel.

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

US dollar index futures rose 0.51% to 100.97.