Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 5.87% or 46.40 points to trade at 837.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 5.05% or 79.60 points to end at 1655.60 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) was up 3.70% or 61.50 points to 1725.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which fell 6.30% or 16.60 points to trade at 247.00 at the close. National Grid PLC (LON:NG) declined 2.69% or 21.40 points to end at 773.90 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was down 2.37% or 11.50 points to 474.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1084 to 951 and 309 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.30% or 16.60 to 247.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.50 to $1208.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.03% or 0.72 to hit $70.31 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.08% to 1.3159, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.09.