Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which rose 3.34% or 42.00 points to trade at 1300.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) added 1.93% or 37.50 points to end at 1976.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 1.89% or 9.50 points to 512.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH), which fell 3.05% or 85.00 points to trade at 2698.00 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 2.92% or 14.800 points to end at 492.200 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was down 2.51% or 4.10 points to 159.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1292 to 831 and 464 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) rose to all time highs; up 3.34% or 42.00 to 1300.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.95 to $1348.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.47% or 0.66 to hit $45.49 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 0.73 to trade at $47.99 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.77% to 1.3336, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8426.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.00.