Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which rose 3.70% or 6.10 points to trade at 171.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 3.26% or 51.40 points to end at 1626.40 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 3.16% or 14.70 points to 479.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF), which fell 3.14% or 74.00 points to trade at 2286.00 at the close. CRH PLC (LON:CRH) declined 1.32% or 35.00 points to end at 2607.00 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was down 0.71% or 4.00 points to 559.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1347 to 698 and 335 ended unchanged.
Shares in Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) fell to 3-years lows; falling 3.14% or 74.00 to 2286.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.40 to $1214.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $76.52 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.02% to 1.2890, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.9091.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.45.