Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shell PLC (LON:SHEL), which rose 2.36% or 65.20 points to trade at 2,830.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Next PLC (LON:NXT) added 1.94% or 190.00 points to end at 9,986.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 1.75% or 4.20 points to 244.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV), which fell 7.25% or 47.00 points to trade at 601.50 at the close. Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) declined 2.56% or 74.00 points to end at 2,818.00 and Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN) was down 2.28% or 46.00 points to 1,974.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 884 to 879 and 612 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 2.36 to $3,051.94 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.14% or 0.79 to hit $69.79 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.76 to trade at $73.15 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.38% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.04.