Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food Producers, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD), which rose 4.60% or 16.000 points to trade at 364.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 3.19% or 104.00 points to end at 3369.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 3.17% or 60.00 points to 1954.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 4.89% or 7.4000 points to trade at 143.8000 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 4.33% or 21.70 points to end at 479.10 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was down 3.85% or 74.500 points to 1863.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1185 to 987 and 476 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.53% or 6.50 to $1228.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.10% or 1.22 to hit $38.17 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.62% or 1.07 to trade at $39.80 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.22% to 1.4287, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7842.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 95.87.