Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 8.57% or 29.10 points to trade at 368.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) added 5.09% or 91.00 points to end at 1880.00 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) was up 4.08% or 40.80 points to 1039.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP), which fell 2.55% or 145.00 points to trade at 5535.00 at the close. Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN) declined 2.51% or 12.70 points to end at 493.80 and International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) was down 2.38% or 14.50 points to 595.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1337 to 1267 and 466 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.59% or 7.10 to $1192.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.12% or 1.62 to hit $53.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.13 to trade at $60.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.67% to 1.4775, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.7217.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.81% at 98.93.