Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Industrial Metals & Mining and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which rose 5.17% or 118.00 points to trade at 2398.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 1.82% or 77.50 points to end at 4342.50 and Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) was up 1.33% or 2.00 points to 152.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which fell 3.33% or 90.00 points to trade at 2608.50 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 2.71% or 99.00 points to end at 3554.50 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) was down 2.53% or 16.40 points to 632.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1191 to 829 and 317 ended unchanged.
Shares in British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.71% or 99.00 to 3554.50.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1201.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.58% or 1.74 to hit $69.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.93% or 1.49 to trade at $78.86 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.16% to 1.3005, while EUR/GBP rose 0.08% to 0.8908.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.23.