Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electrical, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 2.67% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 13.41% or 23.35 points to trade at 197.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 0.58% or 1.15 points to end at 199.90 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 0.09% or 1.50 points to 1643.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA), which fell 5.10% or 21.30 points to trade at 396.00 at the close. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 5.06% or 184.00 points to end at 3451.00 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) was down 4.76% or 27.80 points to 556.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1880 to 281 and 48 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.34% or 4.60 to $1331.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.42% or 0.27 to hit $63.88 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.46 to trade at $67.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.03% to 1.3962, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8871.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 89.47.