Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which rose 4.23% or 14.00 points to trade at 345.25 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 3.62% or 45.00 points to end at 1286.50 and Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML) was up 3.32% or 6.70 points to 208.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML), which lost 6.01% or 131.00 points to trade at 2047.00 in late trade. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.30% or 22.00 points to end at 645.00 and Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) shed 2.38% or 9.40 points to 386.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1258 to 661 and 417 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 2.02 to $1277.68 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.69% or 0.33 to hit $47.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.15 to trade at $50.65 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.17% to 1.2848, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.9102.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 93.98.