Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Metals & Mining and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which rose 2.60% or 119.00 points to trade at 4700.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) added 1.97% or 3.50 points to end at 181.02 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 1.52% or 3.70 points to 246.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which fell 6.27% or 80.00 points to trade at 1196.50 at the close. Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU) declined 4.88% or 7.82 points to end at 152.54 and The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH) was down 4.36% or 160.00 points to 3510.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1311 to 706 and 318 ended unchanged.
Shares in Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.60% or 119.00 to 4700.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.79% or 9.50 to $1197.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.26 to hit $70.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.20 to trade at $78.35 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.34% to 1.2828, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.9017.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.48.