Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Pharmaceuticals & Biotech, Electrical and Support Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 1.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ferguson PLC (LON:FERG), which rose 6.70% or 344.00 points to trade at 5478.00 at the close. Meanwhile, GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) added 4.88% or 62.8 points to end at 1351.0 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 3.94% or 116.50 points to 3070.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 1.95% or 22.50 points to trade at 1134.00 at the close. Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) declined 1.79% or 9.80 points to end at 538.80 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was down 1.60% or 78.00 points to 4797.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1239 to 719 and 128 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.82% or 11.10 to $1343.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $65.56 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.17 to trade at $69.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.48% to 1.4160, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 88.92.