Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.42% or 130.00 points to trade at 3930.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 2.86% or 16.20 points to end at 581.80 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was up 2.30% or 12.00 points to 533.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which fell 4.85% or 355.00 points to trade at 6965.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.46% or 7.20 points to end at 201.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was down 2.31% or 29.00 points to 1229.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1000 to 986 and 151 ended unchanged.
Shares in Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.86% or 16.20 to 581.80.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.52% or 6.90 to $1330.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.48 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.27% to 1.3978, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8746.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.63.