Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Financial Services and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.38% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which rose 4.35% or 7.80 points to trade at 187.05 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 3.95% or 9.80 points to end at 257.90 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was up 3.67% or 5.20 points to 147.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which lost 4.13% or 108.50 points to trade at 2519.50 in late trade. Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) declined 2.54% or 67.0 points to end at 2571.0 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) shed 2.03% or 40.00 points to 1934.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1478 to 685 and 284 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1294.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.16% or 0.10 to hit $62.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.21 to trade at $69.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.32% to 1.3169, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.618.