Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Health Care Equipment & Services, Automobiles & Parts and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 2.10% or 7.50 points to trade at 364.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Taylor Wimpey Plc (LONDON:TW) added 2.07% or 3.00 points to end at 147.90 and Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets (LONDON:MRW) was up 1.61% or 3.20 points to 202.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Smith & Nephew (LONDON:SN), which fell 5.67% or 68.00 points to trade at 1131.00 at the close. Travis Perkins (LONDON:TPK) declined 4.00% or 81.00 points to end at 1944.00 and IMI (LONDON:IMI) was down 3.74% or 51.00 points to 1313.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1241 to 847 and 356 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taylor Wimpey Plc (LONDON:TW) rose to all time highs; rising 2.07% or 3.00 to 147.90.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.00 to $1203.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.84% or 0.91 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 2.65% or 1.57 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.13% to 1.5384, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7280.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 95.26.