Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.79% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which rose 6.62% or 200.000 points to trade at 3221.500 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 4.81% or 57.50 points to end at 1252.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 4.77% or 19.80 points to 434.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which lost 4.47% or 204.00 points to trade at 4357.00 in late trade. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.77% or 47.00 points to end at 1647.00 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) shed 1.07% or 8.50 points to 784.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1610 to 732 and 400 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.65% or 7.65 to $1177.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.43% or 0.73 to hit $50.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.04% or 0.56 to trade at $53.37 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.65% to 1.2597, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 100.30.