Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which rose 4.23% or 14.00 points to trade at 345.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 3.62% or 45.00 points to end at 1286.50 and Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML) was up 3.32% or 6.70 points to 208.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML), which fell 6.01% or 131.00 points to trade at 2047.00 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.30% or 22.00 points to end at 645.00 and Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) was down 2.38% or 9.40 points to 386.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1258 to 661 and 417 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.00 to $1277.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.20 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.16 to trade at $50.64 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2849, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.9103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.97.