Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Software & Computer Services and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 3.86% or 67.40 points to trade at 1812.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Informa PLC (LON:INF) added 3.42% or 26.00 points to end at 786.00 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 3.35% or 47.00 points to 1451.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 6.32% or 147.00 points to trade at 2180.50 at the close. ITV PLC (LON:ITV) declined 6.08% or 8.00 points to end at 123.60 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was down 3.81% or 32.40 points to 819.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1051 to 1012 and 321 ended unchanged.
Shares in Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) fell to 5-year lows; losing 6.32% or 147.00 to 2180.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.05 to $1281.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.73% or 0.45 to hit $61.85 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.53% or 0.37 to trade at $70.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.54% to 1.3003, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.8602.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.417.