Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG), which rose 4.52% or 99.00 points to trade at 2,290.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (LON:SWR) added 3.91% or 141.00 points to end at 3,750.00 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) was up 3.77% or 16.70 points to 460.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 2.24% or 9.95 points to trade at 433.40 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.22% or 49.50 points to end at 2,184.50 and Londonmetric Property Plc (LON:LMPL) was down 2.19% or 4.40 points to 197.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 976 to 783 and 715 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 10.80 to $2,405.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.08% or 1.63 to hit $76.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.84% or 1.52 to trade at $80.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.29, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.19.