Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food Producers, Industrial Metals & Mining and Construction & Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were SSE PLC (LON:SSE), which rose 2.62% or 36.00 points to trade at 1410.00 at the close. Meanwhile, DCC plc (LON:DCC) added 1.37% or 100.0 points to end at 7390.0 and Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) was up 0.89% or 14.00 points to 1590.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF), which fell 3.74% or 125.00 points to trade at 3218.00 at the close. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 3.51% or 7.60 points to end at 208.80 and Direct Line Insurance Group PLC (LON:DLGD) was down 3.02% or 11.10 points to 355.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1231 to 762 and 416 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 3.51% or 7.60 to 208.80. Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) rose to all time highs; rising 0.89% or 14.00 to 1590.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.42% or 5.41 to $1276.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $57.20 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.47 to trade at $63.80 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.09% to 1.3159, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8805.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.81.