U.K. shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.19%

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U.K. shares higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.19%
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Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Food & Drug Retailers , Electronic & Electrical Equipment and Financial Services sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.19%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON: TSCO ), which rose 3.80% or 6.35 points to trade at 173.45 at the close. Provident Financial (LON: PFG ) added 3.49% or 81.00 points to end at 2402.00 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON: BDEV ) was up 2.74% or 15.50 points to 582.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Worldpay Group PLC (LON: WPG ), which lost 8.82% or 36.00 points to trade at 372.00 in late trade. Old Mutual PLC (LON: OML ) declined 1.74% or 3.40 points to end at 191.80 and Barclays PLC (LON: BARC ) shed 1.33% or 2.75 points to 204.20.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1081 to 832 and 416 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 3.31 to $1222.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.70% or 1.74 to hit $45.33 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 3.18% or 1.58 to trade at $48.03 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.05% to 1.2923, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8769.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.11.

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