Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Drug Retailers, Oil & Gas Producers and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 4.36% or 30.40 points to trade at 728.00 at the close. Meanwhile, NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC) added 3.18% or 73.00 points to end at 2371.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 2.39% or 5.10 points to 218.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH), which fell 4.84% or 192.00 points to trade at 3775.00 at the close. Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) declined 3.57% or 5.30 points to end at 143.10 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was down 3.43% or 22.20 points to 625.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1278 to 828 and 192 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.18% or 2.75 to $1549.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.57% or 0.86 to hit $55.79 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 0.93 to trade at $59.96 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2234, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.9060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 98.072.