Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 5.87% or 46.40 points to trade at 837.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 5.05% or 79.60 points to end at 1655.60 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) was up 3.70% or 61.50 points to 1725.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which lost 6.30% or 16.60 points to trade at 247.00 in late trade. National Grid PLC (LON:NG) declined 2.69% or 21.40 points to end at 773.90 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) shed 2.37% or 11.50 points to 474.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1084 to 950 and 309 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 5.50 to $1208.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.06% or 0.74 to hit $70.33 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.11 to trade at $79.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.08% to 1.3158, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 94.09.