Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Life Insurance/Assurance and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which rose 1.59% or 11.80 points to trade at 751.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) added 1.24% or 24.50 points to end at 1994.50 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) was up 1.17% or 5.50 points to 477.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which fell 6.97% or 66.40 points to trade at 886.40 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 2.95% or 45.00 points to end at 1481.50 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 2.65% or 3.70 points to 135.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1149 to 856 and 322 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.32% or 3.80 to $1202.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $66.75 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.30 to trade at $72.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2715, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 96.60.