Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Food Producers and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 70.41% or 414.00 points to trade at 1002.00 at the close. Meanwhile, SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) added 20.50% or 226.50 points to end at 1331.50 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 4.66% or 116.00 points to 2604.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which fell 4.43% or 59.00 points to trade at 1273.00 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) declined 2.38% or 65.00 points to end at 2661.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was down 2.33% or 142.00 points to 5948.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 972 to 961 and 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 20.50% or 226.50 to 1331.50. Shares in Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.33% or 142.00 to 5948.00.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.36% or 18.10 to $1314.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.56% or 1.00 to hit $62.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.86 to trade at $66.43 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.55% to 1.3892, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8800.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 90.37.