Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Household Goods & Home Construction and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL), which rose 2.10% or 9.60 points to trade at 467.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) added 2.01% or 140.00 points to end at 7110.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 1.11% or 25.00 points to 2275.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 6.54% or 56.00 points to trade at 800.00 at the close. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) declined 3.55% or 190.00 points to end at 5165.00 and Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) was down 2.72% or 198.00 points to 7092.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1038 to 914 and 453 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.94% or 12.55 to $1342.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.34% or 1.58 to hit $48.87 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.24% or 1.17 to trade at $53.51 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.77% to 1.3029, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.9150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 92.24.