Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.26% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 9.15% or 57.20 points to trade at 682.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 7.66% or 26.60 points to end at 374.10 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 6.15% or 104.40 points to 1802.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which fell 4.08% or 8.50 points to trade at 199.90 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 2.67% or 106.00 points to end at 3859.50 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 2.06% or 33.50 points to 1588.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1257 to 696 and 136 ended unchanged.
Shares in British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.67% or 106.00 to 3859.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.80 to $1354.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.98% or 1.32 to hit $67.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.72% or 1.23 to trade at $72.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.52% to 1.4215, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8708.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.33.