Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 1.32%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Intertek Group (LONDON:ITRK), which rose 6.54% or 149.00 points to trade at 2429.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN) added 6.42% or 16.25 points to end at 269.35 and Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) was up 5.54% or 96.00 points to 1830.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN), which fell 3.43% or 15.10 points to trade at 425.00 at the close. Imperial Tobacco Group (LONDON:IMT) declined 1.44% or 45.00 points to end at 3085.00 and Sabmiller (LONDON:SAB) was down 1.42% or 51.50 points to 3574.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1415 to 683 and 384 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.29% or 16.50 to $1260.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 2.78% or 1.38 to hit $50.95 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 2.66% or 1.46 to trade at $56.20 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.60% to 1.5134, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.7575.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.97% at 93.89.