NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Mobile Telecommunications and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Rio Tinto PLC (LONDON:RIO), which rose 3.93% or 97.00 points to trade at 2567.50 at the close. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) added 3.58% or 41.50 points to end at 1200.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LONDON:ANTO) was up 2.87% or 16.50 points to 591.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Travis Perkins PLC (LONDON:TPK), which fell 2.57% or 57.00 points to trade at 2160.00 at the close. Sports Direct International PLC (LONDON:SPD) declined 0.99% or 8.00 points to end at 803.50 and Relx PLC (LONDON:REL) was down 0.97% or 11.00 points to 1121.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1680 to 927 and 450 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.61% or 6.70 to $1084.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.31% or 0.60 to hit $45.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 0.69 to trade at $49.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.20% to 1.5595, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.6973.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 98.18.
