Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Banking and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR), which rose 5.70% or 204.50 points to trade at 3791.00 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 4.59% or 24.50 points to end at 558.50 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) was up 4.39% or 2.93 points to 69.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 3.07% or 41.50 points to trade at 1309.00 in late trade. InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG) declined 2.81% or 109.00 points to end at 3770.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) shed 2.70% or 38.00 points to 1367.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1053 to 819 and 488 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 5.75 to $1233.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.45% or 0.79 to hit $53.54 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 0.85 to trade at $55.81 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.22% to 1.2443, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8488.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 101.36.