Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the FTSE 350 General Industrials, FTSE 350 - Industrial Metals & Mining and FTSE 350 Banks sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (LON:SKG), which rose 4.81% or 172.00 points to trade at 3,750.00 at the close. Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG) added 2.28% or 15.50 points to end at 696.50 and JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) was up 1.66% or 1.95 points to 119.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH), which fell 6.31% or 316.00 points to trade at 4,694.00 in late trade. Segro Plc (LON:SGRO) declined 3.00% or 27.60 points to end at 891.20 and Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) down 2.89% or 250.00 points to 8,405.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 922 to 755 and 715 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Shares in Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG) rose to all time highs; rising 2.28% or 15.50 to 696.50.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.08% or 1.80 to $2,345.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $80.68 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $85.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 104.82.