Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the FTSE 350 - Beverages, FTSE 350 - Electricity and FTSE 350 - Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sabmiller (LONDON:SAB), which rose 4.61% or 158.50 points to trade at 3594.50 at the close. Capita Plc (LONDON:CPI) added 2.29% or 25.00 points to end at 1118.00 and Dixons Carphone (LONDON:DC) was up 2.29% or 9.60 points to 429.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets (LONDON:MRW), which lost 6.15% or 12.20 points to trade at 186.30 in late trade. Standard Chartered (LONDON:STAN) declined 3.90% or 36.70 points to end at 905.00 and Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW) shed 3.54% or 13.10 points to 357.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1059 to 989 and 393 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.43% or 5.60 to $1287.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 2.66% or 1.23 to hit $45.00 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.61 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.16% to 1.5167, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.7484.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.47.