Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, General Retailers and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK), which rose 3.47% or 49.50 points to trade at 1475.50 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 3.30% or 143.50 points to end at 4492.00 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was up 3.26% or 18.00 points to 569.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which lost 2.04% or 13.40 points to trade at 642.60 in late trade. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 1.93% or 15.20 points to end at 771.20 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) shed 1.92% or 51.50 points to 2632.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1071 to 857 and 306 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1303.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.34% or 0.88 to hit $64.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.45 to trade at $74.93 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.15% to 1.3411, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.56.