Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sports Direct Intl Plc (LONDON:SPD), which rose 3.20% or 22.50 points to trade at 725.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) added 2.86% or 51.00 points to end at 1836.00 and Marks & Spencer Group (LONDON:MKS) was up 2.73% or 15.00 points to 564.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bunzl Plc (LONDON:BNZL), which fell 2.06% or 39.00 points to trade at 1852.00 at the close. TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) declined 1.36% or 16.00 points to end at 1164.00 and Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) was down 1.17% or 7.50 points to 632.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1599 to 1027 and 450 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.54% or 6.40 to $1177.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.08% or 0.65 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.56% or 0.98 to trade at $64.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.57% to 1.5734, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7102.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.11% at 95.57.