Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Life Insurance/Assurance and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.04% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LON:ICAG), which rose 5.05% or 19.70 points to trade at 409.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 4.61% or 8.2000 points to end at 186.0000 and St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP) was up 4.56% or 36.00 points to 825.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS), which fell 4.30% or 410.00 points to trade at 9115.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 3.65% or 95.00 points to end at 2505.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 2.77% or 55.00 points to 1929.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1412 to 753 and 425 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.49% or 20.25 to $1336.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.04% or 1.81 to hit $46.57 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 4.22% or 1.95 to trade at $48.20 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.92% to 1.3241, while EUR/GBP fell 1.74% to 0.8366.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.44.