NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sage Group (LONDON:SGE), which rose 7.96% or 39.50 points to trade at 536.00 at the close. Meanwhile, St James`S Place (LONDON:SJP) added 1.84% or 16.00 points to end at 886.50 and Imperial Tobacco Group (LONDON:IMT) was up 1.76% or 55.00 points to 3175.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN), which fell 4.33% or 19.50 points to trade at 431.10 at the close. J Sainsbury PLC (LONDON:SBRY) declined 3.16% or 8.70 points to end at 266.30 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals (LONDON:HIK) was down 2.17% or 44.00 points to 1980.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1548 to 1100 and 413 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sage Group (LONDON:SGE) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.96% or 39.50 to 536.00.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.31% or 3.70 to $1189.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.32% or 0.80 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.66 to trade at $68.17 a barrel.
