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U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 1.04%

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Published 08/20/2025, 12:05 PM
Updated 08/20/2025, 12:15 PM
© Reuters. U.K. stocks higher at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 1.04%
British Pound US Dollar-0.09%
Euro British Pound0.07%
UK100-0.47%
EZJ-1.36%
RR-1.94%
UU-0.88%
ULVR0.02%
UK100-0.07%
DX-0.04%
GC-0.78%
LCO0.14%
UK100-0.52%
CL0.19%
FTNMX452010-0.10%
FTNMX451030-1.17%
SWR-1.80%
FTNMX2010200.40%
invuk100-0.51%
ULVR-0.04%
CTEC1.43%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.04% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were ConvaTec Group PLC (LON:CTEC), which rose 5.62% or 13.00 points to trade at 244.20 at the close. Meanwhile, United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) added 3.48% or 39.00 points to end at 1,159.50 and Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) was up 3.26% or 148.00 points to 4,692.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which fell 3.16% or 33.50 points to trade at 1,026.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 1.97% or 10.20 points to end at 508.40 and Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR) was down 1.96% or 63.00 points to 3,152.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 869 to 861 and 581 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.86% or 28.87 to $3,387.57 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.62% or 1.00 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 1.04 to trade at $66.83 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.35, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 98.06.

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