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 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which rose 6.52% or 8.3500 points to trade at 136.5000 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 6.39% or 25.20 points to end at 419.70 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 5.25% or 31.50 points to 631.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which lost 1.56% or 61.00 points to trade at 3847.00 in late trade. Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) declined 1.39% or 2.40 points to end at 170.70 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) shed 1.05% or 23.00 points to 2166.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1377 to 759 and 374 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1286.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.45% or 0.22 to hit $48.27 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.53 to trade at $49.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.47% to 1.4181, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.7928.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.80.