Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 5.46% or 94.00 points to trade at 1815.00 at the close. Meanwhile, St. James`s Place PLC (LON:SJP) added 3.83% or 34.50 points to end at 934.50 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was up 3.42% or 6.20 points to 187.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which fell 5.40% or 56.50 points to trade at 989.50 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 3.33% or 17.10 points to end at 496.40 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was down 2.97% or 112.00 points to 3655.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1224 to 845 and 496 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tui AG (LON:TUIT) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.40% or 56.50 to 989.50.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1229.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 4.10% or 1.49 to hit $37.83 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 3.02% or 1.17 to trade at $39.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.42% to 1.4092, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.7860.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 96.94.