Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which rose 2.95% or 5.55 points to trade at 193.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) added 0.93% or 13.00 points to end at 1412.00 and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) was up 0.87% or 10.50 points to 1214.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which fell 3.19% or 6.20 points to trade at 188.00 at the close. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 2.73% or 21.80 points to end at 775.60 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was down 2.71% or 4.54 points to 162.84.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1205 to 893 and 215 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.19% or 6.20 to 188.00. Shares in BT Group PLC (LON:BT) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.71% or 4.54 to 162.84.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.23% or 3.55 to $1515.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.14 to trade at $59.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2169, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.9120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 98.053.