Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 4.37% or 19.80 points to trade at 472.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 2.89% or 134.00 points to end at 4776.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 2.67% or 6.20 points to 238.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which fell 6.12% or 7.02 points to trade at 107.64 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 4.53% or 4.26 points to end at 89.74 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was down 3.28% or 98.00 points to 2886.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1124 to 1077 and 195 ended unchanged.
Shares in Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.89% or 134.00 to 4776.00. Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to all time lows; down 4.53% or 4.26 to 89.74.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.47% or 6.05 to $1277.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.16% or 0.68 to hit $59.31 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $68.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2663, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 97.822.