Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.79% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which rose 6.62% or 200.000 points to trade at 3221.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 4.81% or 57.50 points to end at 1252.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 4.77% or 19.80 points to 434.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which fell 4.47% or 204.00 points to trade at 4357.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.77% or 47.00 points to end at 1647.00 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) was down 1.07% or 8.50 points to 784.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1610 to 732 and 400 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 6.62% or 200.000 to 3221.500.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.65% or 7.60 to $1177.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.43% or 0.73 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.56 to trade at $53.37 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.65% to 1.2597, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 100.30.