Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Travis Perkins (LONDON:TPK), which rose 2.77% or 60.00 points to trade at 2224.00 at the close. Meanwhile, RSA Insurance Group Plc (LONDON:RSA) added 1.79% or 7.500 points to end at 425.300 and Mondi Plc (LONDON:MNDI) was up 1.62% or 24.00 points to 1507.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GKN (LONDON:GKN), which fell 2.79% or 8.90 points to trade at 309.60 at the close. Burberry Group (LONDON:BRBY) declined 2.59% or 42.00 points to end at 1578.00 and Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) was down 1.47% or 61.00 points to 4102.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1392 to 1165 and 518 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.56% or 6.50 to $1147.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.32% or 1.23 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.81% or 1.06 to trade at $57.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.00% to 1.5636, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.7016.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 97.18.