Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Metals & Mining and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.94% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE), which rose 5.91% or 402.00 points to trade at 7206.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 4.22% or 41.90 points to end at 1033.50 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 4.02% or 78.50 points to 2030.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which lost 2.87% or 26.40 points to trade at 893.20 in late trade. Informa PLC (LON:INF) declined 0.98% or 8.20 points to end at 826.60 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) shed 0.94% or 22.00 points to 2305.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1388 to 755 and 186 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 2.15 to $1501.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.03% or 1.74 to hit $55.66 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.81% or 1.75 to trade at $60.63 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.2317, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8938.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 98.632.