Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Industrial Metals & Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON), which rose 7.66% or 40.40 points to trade at 567.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) added 3.32% or 150.00 points to end at 4,662.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) was up 1.60% or 41.00 points to 2,605.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG), which fell 3.57% or 28.00 points to trade at 756.00 at the close. Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN) declined 3.48% or 74.00 points to end at 2,054.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 2.84% or 11.05 points to 378.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1134 to 646 and 640 ended unchanged.
Shares in Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.60% or 41.00 to 2,605.00.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.32% or 8.51 to $2,651.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $72.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 107.01.