Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 5.22% or 58.00 points to trade at 1170.00 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 4.88% or 285.00 points to end at 6120.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 4.29% or 54.00 points to 1311.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND), which lost 2.90% or 31.00 points to trade at 1039.00 in late trade. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) declined 2.89% or 18.50 points to end at 622.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) shed 2.76% or 12.60 points to 444.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1158 to 656 and 459 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.05 to $1139.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.50% or 0.27 to hit $54.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.23 to trade at $57.06 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.42% to 1.2220, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8497.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 103.50.