Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Beverage and Food Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 2.94% or 45.50 points to trade at 1595.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 2.84% or 3.90 points to end at 141.20 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 2.73% or 17.80 points to 668.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML), which fell 2.67% or 53.50 points to trade at 1948.50 at the close. Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) declined 2.56% or 11.20 points to end at 425.40 and Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) was down 2.54% or 9.70 points to 372.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1080 to 1074 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) rose to 3-years highs; up 2.94% or 45.50 to 1595.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.30% or 3.90 to $1313.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.41% or 0.25 to hit $60.17 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.53 to trade at $66.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.68% to 1.3595, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 91.60.