Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 2.53% or 19.80 points to trade at 803.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 2.48% or 4.40 points to end at 181.45 and RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) was up 2.23% or 11.100 points to 509.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which fell 4.23% or 48.000 points to trade at 1086.000 at the close. Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) declined 2.35% or 3.60 points to end at 149.70 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was down 2.35% or 42.00 points to 1748.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1142 to 998 and 405 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.75 to $1327.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.09% or 0.94 to hit $43.96 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 0.92 to trade at $46.18 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.03% to 1.3196, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8537.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 95.26.