NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Food & Drug Retailers and Tobacco sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were CRH (LONDON:CRH), which rose 3.40% or 61.00 points to trade at 1853.00 at the close. Meanwhile, WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LONDON:MRW) added 3.25% or 5.60 points to end at 178.10 and TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) was up 2.32% or 27.00 points to 1192.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were British Land Co Plc (LONDON:BLND), which fell 2.70% or 23.00 points to trade at 829.00 at the close. International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) declined 2.07% or 11.50 points to end at 543.50 and Land Securities Group Plc (LONDON:LAND) was down 1.70% or 22.00 points to 1272.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1578 to 1054 and 447 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.39% or 4.60 to $1189.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.88% or 1.15 to hit $60.11 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 1.35 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.5349, while EUR/GBP rose 1.09% to 0.7346.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 95.30.
