Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Transportation, Travel & Leisure and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Just Eat (LON:JE), which rose 6.82% or 50.40 points to trade at 789.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) added 5.97% or 372.00 points to end at 6600.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 5.58% or 36.00 points to 680.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC), which fell 11.43% or 258.00 points to trade at 2000.00 at the close. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 7.52% or 21.20 points to end at 260.60 and Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) was down 6.39% or 550.00 points to 8060.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1066 to 1041 and 195 ended unchanged.
Shares in NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.43% or 258.00 to 2000.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.25% or 33.35 to $1517.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 4.55% or 2.44 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 4.29% or 2.53 to trade at $56.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2154, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.9237.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.252.