Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Drug Retailers, Electrical and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which rose 4.21% or 59.000 points to trade at 1462.000 at the close. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) added 3.31% or 57.00 points to end at 1778.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 3.15% or 6.55 points to 214.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK), which lost 4.43% or 66.00 points to trade at 1422.00 in late trade. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) declined 2.62% or 192.00 points to end at 7135.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) shed 1.29% or 26.00 points to 1984.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1330 to 980 and 443 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.60% or 7.60 to $1270.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.94% or 1.48 to hit $51.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.44% or 1.26 to trade at $52.94 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8938.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 97.91.