Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Construction & Materials and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 4.51% or 57.00 points to trade at 1322.00 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 2.94% or 18.00 points to end at 631.00 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was up 2.33% or 13.50 points to 594.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 3.78% or 74.00 points to trade at 1882.00 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) declined 3.16% or 235.00 points to end at 7200.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.97% or 46.00 points to 1501.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 940 to 842 and 450 ended unchanged.
Shares in Provident Financial (LON:PFG) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.78% or 74.00 to 1882.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.87% or 11.18 to $1279.22 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.17% or 0.08 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.24% or 0.12 to trade at $50.61 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.83% to 1.2858, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.9124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 93.74.