Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 6.24% or 11.05 points to trade at 188.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) added 5.12% or 11.05 points to end at 227.05 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 2.52% or 9.40 points to 383.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which fell 2.89% or 107.00 points to trade at 3592.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.81% or 42.00 points to end at 1455.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 2.62% or 25.50 points to 949.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1091 to 884 and 416 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.01 to $1278.89 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.17% or 1.23 to hit $55.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.09% or 1.32 to trade at $61.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.26% to 1.3149, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.91.