Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, General Industrial and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which rose 5.01% or 10.60 points to trade at 222.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 3.10% or 52.50 points to end at 1743.50 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 3.07% or 85.0 points to 2854.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which lost 9.37% or 25.40 points to trade at 245.80 in late trade. Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) declined 9.31% or 47.20 points to end at 460.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) shed 5.83% or 57.40 points to 927.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1163 to 1015 and 195 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1274.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.20% or 2.02 to hit $61.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.22% or 1.60 to trade at $70.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.2675, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.8801.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.903.