Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Industrial Metals & Mining and General Industrial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which rose 4.86% or 122.00 points to trade at 2632.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) added 4.41% or 13.40 points to end at 317.10 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 3.99% or 61.00 points to 1590.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV), which fell 2.61% or 44.00 points to trade at 1640.50 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 1.17% or 1.70 points to end at 144.05 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) was down 0.43% or 0.60 points to 137.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1241 to 818 and 303 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.75 to $1309.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.78% or 1.48 to hit $54.79 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 1.14 to trade at $62.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.05% to 1.3060, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 95.602.