Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Mondi Plc (LONDON:MNDI), which rose 8.94% or 116.00 points to trade at 1414.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) added 5.05% or 36.00 points to end at 749.50 and Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) was up 4.12% or 72.00 points to 1820.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compass Group (LONDON:CPG), which fell 3.78% or 44.00 points to trade at 1119.00 at the close. TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) declined 3.67% or 46.00 points to end at 1207.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LONDON:MRW) was down 2.37% or 4.30 points to 176.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1739 to 891 and 445 ended unchanged.
Shares in Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.12% or 72.00 to 1820.00.
Gold for June delivery was up 1.86% or 22.20 to $1214.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.87% or 0.53 to hit $61.28 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.50% or 1.01 to trade at $68.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.45% to 1.5740, while EUR/GBP rose 0.92% to 0.7222.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.15% at 93.61.