Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.34% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 15.61% or 71.60 points to trade at 530.40 at the close. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) added 11.99% or 12.70 points to end at 118.65 and Meggitt PLC (LON:MGGT) was up 10.44% or 28.80 points to 304.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV), which lost 5.67% or 30.20 points to trade at 502.80 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 3.96% or 343.0 points to end at 8329.0 and Surgutneftegaz L (LON:SNGSyq) shed 3.61% or 0.21 points to 5.61.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1364 to 849 and 140 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.85 to $1708.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.23% or 1.11 to hit $33.24 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.85% or 1.03 to trade at $35.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.68% to 1.2248, while EUR/GBP rose 0.75% to 0.8968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 99.125.