Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ), which rose 6.29% or 73.00 points to trade at 1234.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 3.93% or 5.40 points to end at 142.95 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 2.02% or 4.40 points to 222.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb), which fell 2.85% or 68.50 points to trade at 2334.50 at the close. Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU) declined 2.78% or 3.50 points to end at 122.48 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was down 2.51% or 59.50 points to 2312.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1268 to 756 and 329 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1282.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.65% or 1.43 to hit $52.61 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.71% or 1.70 to trade at $61.04 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.58% to 1.2965, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8768.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.922.