Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Tobacco and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 2.84% or 6.15 points to trade at 223.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) added 2.56% or 10.00 points to end at 400.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 2.36% or 90.00 points to 3910.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 8.10% or 28.30 points to trade at 321.00 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) declined 8.04% or 108.00 points to end at 1235.50 and RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) was down 3.19% or 21.60 points to 656.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1165 to 777 and 340 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.17% or 14.50 to $1256.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.89 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $77.26 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.16% to 1.3167, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8845.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.43.