Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Transportation and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 3.11% or 4.00 points to trade at 132.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 2.88% or 3.40 points to end at 121.40 and Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) was up 2.53% or 66.00 points to 2675.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which fell 2.78% or 7.10 points to trade at 248.20 at the close. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 2.36% or 7.50 points to end at 309.90 and Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) was down 1.99% or 95.00 points to 4670.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1173 to 893 and 338 ended unchanged.
Shares in Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) fell to all time lows; down 2.78% or 7.10 to 248.20.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.54% or 6.95 to $1298.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.14 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.3083, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.8632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 96.928.