British stocks climbed on Wednesday, as market attention pivoted towards the upcoming July 4th election, which may herald the conclusion of a 14-year Conservative reign.
Projections from the polling company Survation anticipated the Labour Party securing 484 out of the 650 available seats in Parliament.
The FTSE 100 index rose by 49 points, or 0.6%, reaching 8,170, rebounding from a 0.6% decline on Tuesday.
Mining stocks benefited from higher copper prices, with Antofagasta and Glencore each advancing approximately 2%.
On the downside, retailer JD Sports dropped nearly 2% after Barclays downgraded the stock's rating to "underweight" from "equal weight."
Topps Tiles experienced a fall of 3.3% following a reported sales decline during its third quarter.
Conversely, technology firm Johnson Matthey saw a 2.6% increase after announcing the initiation of a share buyback program.