U.K. shares higher at close of trade

U.K. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Mining, Life Insurance/Assurance and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.37%.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1200 to 600 and 465 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

Fidelity Special Values PLC (LON:FSV) aims to seek out underappreciated companies primarily listed in the UK and is an actively managed contrarian Investment Trust that thrives on volatility and uncertainty.

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