Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Construction & Materials and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 3.03% or 17.60 points to trade at 598.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 3.02% or 72.00 points to end at 2460.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.65% or 4.90 points to 302.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which fell 5.76% or 22.50 points to trade at 368.00 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 4.49% or 11.80 points to end at 251.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) was down 3.95% or 10.05 points to 244.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1226 to 815 and 321 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.60 to $1228.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.52% or 1.59 to hit $61.51 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.32% or 1.70 to trade at $71.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.32% to 1.3083, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.12.