Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 4.05% or 9.75 points to trade at 250.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) added 2.98% or 4.94 points to end at 170.70 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.75% or 28.00 points to 1048.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 4.01% or 39.20 points to trade at 938.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 3.89% or 29.40 points to end at 727.20 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) was down 3.68% or 48.50 points to 1268.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1059 to 1006 and 291 ended unchanged.
Shares in Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.89% or 29.40 to 727.20.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1231.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.66% or 1.10 to hit $67.53 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.02% or 0.78 to trade at $77.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.67% to 1.2896, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 96.13.