Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Life Insurance/Assurance, Electrical and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.07% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV), which rose 4.10% or 77.00 points to trade at 1953.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) added 3.43% or 21.00 points to end at 632.60 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) was up 3.12% or 48.50 points to 1605.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 2.95% or 3.70 points to trade at 121.85 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 2.25% or 2.45 points to end at 106.20 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was down 2.04% or 2.95 points to 141.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1269 to 847 and 293 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.03% or 0.35 to $1294.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.33% or 0.82 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.24 to trade at $69.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.3033, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8588.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 97.045.