Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 4.10% or 7.25 points to trade at 184.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 3.10% or 112.00 points to end at 3725.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 2.43% or 84.00 points to 3539.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 66.22% or 1155.50 points to trade at 589.50 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 1.95% or 4.80 points to end at 241.90 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 1.90% or 12.50 points to 646.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1207 to 658 and 491 ended unchanged.
Shares in Provident Financial (LON:PFG) fell to 5-year lows; down 66.22% or 1155.50 to 589.50. Shares in Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) fell to 3-years lows; losing 1.95% or 4.80 to 241.90.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.86 to $1292.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.65% or 0.31 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.25 to trade at $51.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.52% to 1.2835, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.9168.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.36.