Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 8.51% or 56.00 points to trade at 714.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 4.86% or 296.00 points to end at 6386.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 4.83% or 108.0 points to 2344.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which fell 4.58% or 74.00 points to trade at 1540.00 at the close. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 2.38% or 9.50 points to end at 389.30 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was down 1.43% or 45.50 points to 3135.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1203 to 725 and 117 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.47% or 19.60 to $1350.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.30% or 0.18 to hit $59.37 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.46% or 0.29 to trade at $63.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.48% to 1.3955, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 89.29.