Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mobile Telecommunications, Forestry & Paper and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Vodafone Group PLC (LONDON:VOD), which rose 5.41% or 12.25 points to trade at 238.85 at the close. Barclays (LONDON:BARC) added 3.37% or 8.85 points to end at 271.55 and Mondi Plc (LONDON:MNDI) was up 2.42% or 36.00 points to 1521.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group (LONDON:BRBY), which lost 5.03% or 91.00 points to trade at 1717.00 in late trade. Intu Properties Plc (LONDON:INTUP) declined 2.06% or 7.30 points to end at 346.80 and Hammerson Plc (LONDON:HMSO) shed 1.92% or 13.50 points to 690.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1358 to 1260 and 429 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.19% or 2.30 to $1209.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.36% or 0.79 to hit $58.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 0.89 to trade at $64.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.5541, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.7130.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 95.75.