Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Industrial Engineering and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.36% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Informa PLC (LON:INF), which rose 3.69% or 26.60 points to trade at 747.80 at the close. Meanwhile, DCC plc (LON:DCC) added 3.14% or 200.0 points to end at 6565.0 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 3.01% or 9.35 points to 320.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which fell 3.29% or 18.80 points to trade at 552.40 at the close. Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU) declined 1.62% or 1.86 points to end at 113.24 and Relx PLC (LON:REL) was down 1.55% or 26.00 points to 1646.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1291 to 815 and 294 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.36% or 4.75 to $1306.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.34% or 0.20 to hit $59.18 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $67.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.11% to 1.3270, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.852.