Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Food & Drug Retailers and Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were CRH (LONDON:CRH), which rose 3.40% or 61.00 points to trade at 1853.00 at the close. WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LONDON:MRW) added 3.25% or 5.60 points to end at 178.10 and TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) was up 2.32% or 27.00 points to 1192.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included British Land Co Plc (LONDON:BLND), which lost 2.70% or 23.00 points to trade at 829.00 in late trade. International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) declined 2.07% or 11.50 points to end at 543.50 and Land Securities Group Plc (LONDON:LAND) shed 1.70% or 22.00 points to 1272.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1578 to 1054 and 447 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.60 to $1189.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.88% or 1.15 to hit $60.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 1.35 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.5349, while EUR/GBP rose 1.09% to 0.7346.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 95.30.