Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Forestry & Paper and General Industrial 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 Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which rose 4.57% or 30.60 points to trade at 700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) added 2.23% or 11.60 points to end at 531.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 2.23% or 38.50 points to 1765.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which fell 6.18% or 294.00 points to trade at 4460.00 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 4.44% or 4.38 points to end at 94.28 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 2.62% or 8.20 points to 304.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1038 to 943 and 404 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to all time lows; down 4.44% or 4.38 to 94.28.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.45 to $1284.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $63.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.62 to trade at $72.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.81% to 1.3041, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 97.235.