Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Beverage and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW), which rose 2.87% or 6.10 points to trade at 218.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 2.64% or 92.50 points to end at 3600.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 2.56% or 62.50 points to 2506.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GKN PLC (LON:GKN), which fell 3.97% or 17.70 points to trade at 428.50 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 3.17% or 52.00 points to end at 1587.80 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 3.16% or 11.25 points to 345.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1285 to 710 and 129 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.10% or 1.40 to $1338.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.58% or 0.37 to hit $63.14 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.46 to trade at $67.66 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.4081, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8731.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.71.