Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, Real Estate and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 0.44% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Persimmon (LONDON:PSN), which rose 1.63% or 32.00 points to trade at 1991.00 at the close. Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) added 1.48% or 9.00 points to end at 618.50 and SKY PLC (LONDON:SKYB) was up 1.36% or 14.00 points to 1043.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Experian Plc (LONDON:EXPN), which lost 2.88% or 35.00 points to trade at 1179.00 in late trade. Land Securities Group Plc (LONDON:LAND) declined 2.52% or 32.00 points to end at 1236.00 and British Land Co Plc (LONDON:BLND) shed 2.46% or 20.50 points to 812.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1531 to 1109 and 373 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.43% or 5.10 to $1175.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.75 to hit $59.70 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.57 to trade at $63.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.42% to 1.5712, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.7156.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.25.