Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Transportation, Oil & Gas Producers and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Royal Mail (LONDON:RMG), which rose 2.85% or 14.50 points to trade at 524.00 at the close. Carnival (LONDON:CCL) added 2.64% or 86.00 points to end at 3344.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LONDON:MRW) was up 2.61% or 4.70 points to 184.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sage Group (LONDON:SGE), which lost 6.01% or 33.00 points to trade at 516.00 in late trade. Taylor Wimpey Plc (LONDON:TW) declined 2.37% or 4.60 points to end at 189.40 and Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) shed 2.29% or 14.50 points to 618.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1492 to 1084 and 452 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1172.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.39% or 0.85 to hit $60.16 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.68% or 1.08 to trade at $63.37 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.34% to 1.5676, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7126.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.72.