U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.10%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Automobiles&Parts and Beverage sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD), which rose 4.02% or 4.95 points to trade at 128.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF) added 2.90% or 3.20 points to end at 113.60 and Croda International PLC (LON:CRDA) was up 2.10% or 81.00 points to 3,943.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT), which fell 2.45% or 62.00 points to trade at 2,470.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 1.68% or 31.50 points to end at 1,849.00 and 3I Group PLC (LON:III) was down 1.40% or 45.00 points to 3,172.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1014 to 694 and 761 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 7.05 to $2,543.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.30% or 0.95 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.78 to trade at $76.42 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 101.07.