Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Financial Services and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were 3I Group PLC (LON:III), which rose 5.71% or 40.00 points to trade at 740.50 at the close. Meanwhile, London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 2.71% or 82.00 points to end at 3106.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 2.69% or 33.00 points to 1260.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 1.73% or 27.00 points to trade at 1535.00 at the close. Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH) declined 1.67% or 54.00 points to end at 3171.00 and Standard Life PLC (LON:SL) was down 1.61% or 5.80 points to 354.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1131 to 826 and 450 ended unchanged.
Shares in 3I Group PLC (LON:III) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.71% or 40.00 to 740.50.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.31% or 3.85 to $1251.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.86% or 0.90 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.71% or 0.88 to trade at $52.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.34% to 1.2405, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8671.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 99.90.