Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, General Industrial and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 2.79% or 14.20 points to trade at 523.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 2.25% or 3.00 points to end at 136.50 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.09% or 17.80 points to 870.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which fell 3.11% or 23.00 points to trade at 715.80 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 2.36% or 14.60 points to end at 605.20 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.15% or 18.80 points to 857.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1241 to 857 and 329 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.53% or 6.85 to $1308.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.57% or 0.37 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.41 to trade at $70.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.3043, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.588.