Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Industrial Metals & Mining and Gas Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM), which rose 3.55% or 33.50 points to trade at 977.00 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group Plc (LONDON:UU) added 3.22% or 29.00 points to end at 929.00 and Aggreko (LONDON:AGGK) was up 2.99% or 43.00 points to 1481.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ), which fell 2.26% or 38.00 points to trade at 1644.00 at the close. Sainsbury(J) (LONDON:SBRY) declined 2.13% or 5.00 points to end at 229.60 and 3I Group (LONDON:III) was down 1.73% or 7.50 points to 425.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1228 to 863 and 368 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.51% or 6.20 to $1213.20 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.61% or 0.77 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.01 to trade at $51.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.50% to 1.5074, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.7844.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.54% at 92.37.