Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which rose 2.95% or 115.00 points to trade at 4015.00 at the close. Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) added 2.63% or 61.00 points to end at 2384.00 and Provident Financial (LON:PFG) was up 2.34% or 72.00 points to 3144.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which lost 4.38% or 8.70 points to trade at 190.00 in late trade. Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH) declined 2.15% or 68.00 points to end at 3087.00 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) shed 1.97% or 97.50 points to 4857.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1084 to 885 and 459 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.67% or 8.45 to $1249.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $51.29 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.34 to trade at $54.51 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.31% to 1.2479, while EUR/GBP fell 0.42% to 0.8541.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 100.53.