U.K. stocks finished up Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 Index
UKX,
growing 0.55% at 7,997.83.
Of the FTSE 100 constituents, closed-end funds company Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC
SMT,
saw the largest increase Wednesday, as shares increased 4.03%.
Shares of gambling industries firm Entain PLC
ENT,
and aerospace products/parts company Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
RR,
rose 3.71% and 3.36%, respectively.
CRH PLC
CRH,
a building materials/products company, and clothing firm Burberry Group PLC
BRBY,
rounded out the top five largest increases as their stocks rallied 3.28% and 2.91%, respectively.
Barclays PLC
BARC,
a major international banks company, saw the largest decrease of the FTSE 100 constituents, as shares dropped 7.86% on Wednesday.
Shares of investment advisors firm Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
HL,
and major international banks company Lloyds Banking Group PLC
LLOY,
fell 6.77% and 2.62%, respectively.
Glencore PLC
GLEN,
a general mining company, and banking firm NatWest Group PLC
NWG,
rounded out the top five largest decreases as their stocks declined 1.57% and 1.38%, respectively.
The pound was down 1.18% against dollar
GBPUSD,
at $1.2030 and 0.68% against the euro
GBPEUR,
at €1.1262.
Brent crude
BRN00,
fell 1.3% to $84.43, and the yield on the 10-year gilt
TMBMKGB-10Y,
declined 3.670 basis points to 3.486%.
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