© Reuters. UK stocks higher; Investing.com UK 100 up 0.65% at close of trade
Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, it was up 0.65%.
The best performers of the session were Kerry Group Limited (LON:), which rose 7.54% or 202.00 points to trade at 2,883.00 at the close. Meanwhile, St. James’s Place PLC (LON:) added 6.57% (43.40 points) to end at 704.00; Ocado Group PLC (LON:) rose 5.60% (LON:) to 596.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ireland’s CRH Corporation (LON:), which fell 2.24% or 110.00 points to trade at 4,802.00 at the close. Johnson Matthey (LON:) fell 2.08% or 33.00 points to end at 1,552.50; Tesco (LON:) fell 1.83% or 5.10 points to end at 273.50.
1,113 stocks rose on the London Stock Exchange, outnumbering the number of stocks closing down – 558. At the same time, 463 stocks did not rise or fall, which was basically the same.
Gold futures December options contract price fell 0.06% (1.15 points) to $1,965.35. For the rest of the futures, the price of WTI crude oil futures contract for December delivery fell by 1.12% (0.88 points), quoted at $77.38, while the January London Brent crude oil futures contract fell by 0.76% (0.63), trading at $81.84.
GBP/USD fell by 0.56%, with an exchange rate of 1.24; at the same time, EUR/GBP was basically unchanged by 0.31%, with a quote of 0.87.
U.S. dollar index futures rose 0.27% to trade at 104.18.
2023-11-15 17:05:00
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