Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 5.22% or 58.00 points to trade at 1170.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 4.88% or 285.00 points to end at 6120.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 4.29% or 54.00 points to 1311.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND), which fell 2.90% or 31.00 points to trade at 1039.00 at the close. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) declined 2.89% or 18.50 points to end at 622.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was down 2.76% or 12.60 points to 444.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1158 to 656 and 459 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.05 to $1139.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.50% or 0.27 to hit $54.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.42% or 0.24 to trade at $57.07 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.42% to 1.2220, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8496.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 103.50.