Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 4.36% or 10.700 points to trade at 256.000 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LON:ICAG) added 3.67% or 19.50 points to end at 551.00 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was up 3.47% or 18.600 points to 554.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which fell 10.19% or 45.30 points to trade at 399.40 at the close. Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) declined 5.61% or 185.00 points to end at 3112.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was down 2.71% or 5.70 points to 204.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1306 to 725 and 479 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.53% or 6.55 to $1222.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.60% or 0.29 to hit $48.91 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.52 to trade at $49.13 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.39% to 1.4692, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.7593.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.46.