Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 8.51% or 56.00 points to trade at 714.20 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 4.86% or 296.00 points to end at 6386.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 4.83% or 108.0 points to 2344.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which lost 4.58% or 74.00 points to trade at 1540.00 in late trade. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 2.38% or 9.50 points to end at 389.30 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) shed 1.43% or 45.50 points to 3135.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1203 to 725 and 117 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.48% or 19.70 to $1350.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.32% or 0.19 to hit $59.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.30 to trade at $63.02 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.47% to 1.3954, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 89.29.