Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 4.81% or 45.20 points to trade at 985.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) added 2.39% or 8.90 points to end at 381.80 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 2.33% or 47.00 points to 2065.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT), which fell 4.58% or 71.60 points to trade at 1490.40 at the close. HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) declined 3.09% or 23.50 points to end at 737.00 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 2.83% or 5.25 points to 180.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 966 to 946 and 136 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.61% or 21.80 to $1334.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.04% or 0.64 to hit $62.19 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $65.59 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.14% to 1.4019, while EUR/GBP fell 0.58% to 0.8810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 89.51.