Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Beverages, Electricity and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sabmiller (LONDON:SAB), which rose 4.61% or 158.50 points to trade at 3594.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita Plc (LONDON:CPI) added 2.29% or 25.00 points to end at 1118.00 and Dixons Carphone (LONDON:DC) was up 2.29% or 9.60 points to 429.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets (LONDON:MRW), which fell 6.15% or 12.20 points to trade at 186.30 at the close. Standard Chartered (LONDON:STAN) declined 3.90% or 36.70 points to end at 905.00 and Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) was down 3.54% or 13.10 points to 357.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1059 to 989 and 393 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.60 to $1287.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 2.66% or 1.23 to hit $45.00 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.61 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.16% to 1.5167, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7484.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.47.