Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Industrial Metals & Mining and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.42% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 3.07% or 50.00 points to trade at 1677.00 at the close. Meanwhile, J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) added 3.07% or 7.40 points to end at 248.40 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) was up 2.61% or 56.00 points to 2201.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which fell 3.67% or 29.80 points to trade at 782.20 at the close. Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) declined 3.19% or 68.00 points to end at 2063.00 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) was down 2.52% or 3.65 points to 141.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1218 to 854 and 143 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.07% or 50.00 to 1677.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.69% or 9.10 to $1311.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.51% or 0.93 to hit $62.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.75 to trade at $68.53 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.32% to 1.3526, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 92.31.