Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.72% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT), which rose 5.73% or 92.20 points to trade at 1702.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 5.63% or 90.40 points to end at 1695.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 5.61% or 17.40 points to 327.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were National Grid PLC (LON:NG), which fell 2.32% or 19.40 points to trade at 818.00 at the close. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 2.00% or 14.40 points to end at 706.60 and SSE PLC (LON:SSE) was down 1.91% or 26.00 points to 1336.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1186 to 762 and 346 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1224.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.46% or 0.99 to hit $68.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.77 to trade at $73.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.31% to 1.3142, while EUR/GBP fell 0.38% to 0.8891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.39.