Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Media and General Industrial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were SKY PLC (LON:SKYB), which rose 4.13% or 35.00 points to trade at 882.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) added 4.04% or 56.00 points to end at 1443.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 2.66% or 65.500 points to 2525.500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which fell 3.91% or 9.800 points to trade at 241.000 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) declined 3.34% or 16.80 points to end at 486.20 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) was down 1.42% or 4.200 points to 292.400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1460 to 685 and 450 ended unchanged.
Shares in Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.04% or 56.00 to 1443.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.44% or 5.90 to $1324.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.95% or 0.87 to hit $45.54 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.28% or 1.06 to trade at $47.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.11% to 1.3009, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8612.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 95.50.