Investing.com – United Kingdom stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the London close, the index was up 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the index came from stocks The beginning of Rendog PLC (LON: ), which rose 13.73% or 57.00 points to trade at 472.20 at the close of the session. Meanwhile, St James Place Plc (LON:) added 4.92% or 25.00 points to 533.00 and Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON:) was up 4 .07% or 35.00 points to 895.00. .
The worst performers of the session were stocks Legal and public Group plc (LON: ), which declined 5.47% or 13.30 points to trade at 229.80 at the close. B&M European Value Retail SA Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON: ) declined 2.41% or 11.70 points to 473.30 and Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON: ) was down 1.80% or 260.00 points to 14.00.
On the London Stock Exchange, gainers outnumbered decliners by 1199 to 639, while 674 ended unchanged.
B&M European Value Retail SA (LON: ) shares fall to 52-week low; It lost 2.41% or 11.70 to 473.30.
Gold futures for August delivery rose 1.05%, or 24.40, to $2.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere, crude for July delivery rose 0.51%, or 0.40%, to settle at $78.30 a barrel, while Brent crude for August delivery rose 0.42% to $82.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.82% to 1.28 and EUR/GBP was up 0.14% to 0.84.
The dollar futures index rose 1.21% to 103.93.
