Investing.com – British shares rose at the close on Wednesday; Gains in sectors, pushed indexes higher.
At the close in London, it was up 1.59%.
The best value for the session was Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:) with a gain of 9.38%, 82.40 points, to settle at 961.20 at the close. follow him Waseet Capital Group PLC (LON 🙂 that rose 7.12%, 113.50 points to close at 1.00, and Mondi PLC (LON :), which rose 7.01% 100.00 points to close the session at 1.00.
At the bottom of the index was Avast PLC (LON :), which fell by 13.26%, or 85.60 points, to close at 559.80. For its part, BAE Systems PLC (LON:) decreased 3.61%, 26.40 points, and closed at 706.00, while national network PLC (LON 🙂 lost 3.15% or 36.40 pips to close at 1.00.
The Greens beat Red on the London Stock Exchange by 1,516 to 433, with 373 closing flat.
Gold futures for April delivery were down 1.07%, or 20.60, to $1.00 an ounce. Among other commodities, crude oil futures for April delivery fell 0.49%, or $0.47, to settle at $95.97 a barrel, while Brent crude futures for May delivery fell 0.85%, or 0.85, to $99.06 a barrel.
GBP/USD settled 0.23% at 1.31, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.10% at 0.84.
The dollar index fell 0.10% to 98.96.
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