U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Automobiles&Parts, Financial Services and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 gained 0.38% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which rose 4.35% or 7.80 points to trade at 187.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 3.95% or 9.80 points to end at 257.90 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was up 3.67% or 5.20 points to 147.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 4.13% or 108.50 points to trade at 2519.50 at the close. Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) declined 2.54% or 67.0 points to end at 2571.0 and Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) was down 2.03% or 40.00 points to 1934.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1478 to 685 and 284 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.05% or 0.65 to $1294.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $62.49 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.19 to trade at $69.18 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.32% to 1.3169, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8535.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.618.
