Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 7.69% or 394.00 points to trade at 5518.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 4.60% or 240.00 points to end at 5460.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 3.48% or 11.50 points to 341.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 3.96% or 27.20 points to trade at 659.40 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 3.44% or 47.50 points to end at 1333.50 and Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) was down 2.36% or 3.70 points to 153.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1109 to 955 and 313 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1206.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.11 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.83% or 0.67 to trade at $81.20 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.36% to 1.3166, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8941.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.70.