Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 4.01% or 21.80 points to trade at 565.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 3.73% or 5.40 points to end at 150.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 2.66% or 8.10 points to 312.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 3.23% or 60.60 points to trade at 1812.60 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 3.11% or 18.00 points to end at 561.00 and The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH) was down 2.76% or 119.00 points to 4186.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1033 to 977 and 305 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1301.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.56% or 0.37 to hit $66.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $76.44 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.31% to 1.3422, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.52.