Investing.com – U.K. equities started mixed on Wednesday, with falls in Industrial Metals & Mining, Support Services and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors and rises in Automobiles & Parts, Personal Goods, Mobile Telecommunications and Tobacco.
At the market open in London, the fell 0.14%. The and the also declined. The FTSE 250 dropped 0.18%, while the FTSE 350 was down by 0.15%.
Top Gainers:
- Burberry Group (LON:): Rose 1.36% or 9.6 points to 714.2
- Smurfit Kappa (LON:): Increased 1.43% or 53.0 points to 3,768.0
- Vodafone Group PLC (LON:): Climbed 0.38% or 0.260 points to 69.640
Top Losers:
- Antofagasta (LON:): Dropped 4.98% or 106.0 points to 2,022.00
- Intermediate Capital (LON:): Fell 1.27% or 28.00 points to 2,182.00
- Legal & General (LON:): Declined 1.09% or 2.50 points to 227.90
In Commodities Trading:
- for August delivery climbed 2.90 points to 2,470.70 a troy ounce.
- for September delivery rose 0.06 points to 79.77 a barrel.
- September Contract dropped 0.07% or 0.06 points to 83.67 a barrel.
Currency Markets:
- is up at 1.2992 and looking for 1.30.
- is down just below 0.84.
- The Futures was down 0.14% at 103.817
Main Economic Events:
Today’s main economic events in the United Kingdom are the numbers, which were aligned with the expectations with the reading 0.1%.
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