NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Banks and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were ITV Plc (LONDON:ITV), which rose 5.73% or 12.70 points to trade at 234.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered (LONDON:STAN) added 5.11% or 49.80 points to end at 1024.00 and Barclays (LONDON:BARC) was up 3.19% or 8.10 points to 262.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES), which fell 8.46% or 67.00 points to trade at 724.50 at the close. Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) declined 4.22% or 211.00 points to end at 4786.00 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) was down 3.11% or 37.50 points to 1167.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1024 to 1010 and 381 ended unchanged.
Shares in ITV Plc (LONDON:ITV) rose to all time highs; rising 5.73% or 12.70 to 234.50.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.25% or 3.00 to $1201.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 0.91% or 0.46 to hit $50.06 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.86% or 1.14 to trade at $59.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.61% to 1.5268, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.7256.
