Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 7.62% or 64.00 points to trade at 904.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ferguson PLC (LON:FERG) added 4.03% or 196.00 points to end at 5060.00 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 3.29% or 59.00 points to 1851.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML), which fell 2.73% or 50.00 points to trade at 1784.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.08% or 29.00 points to end at 1364.00 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was down 1.67% or 10.50 points to 620.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1068 to 765 and 454 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.29% or 59.00 to 1851.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.25 to $1276.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.20% or 0.10 to hit $50.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.50% or 0.28 to trade at $55.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.26% to 1.3243, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8875.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.40.