Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Tobacco and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which rose 3.61% or 48.000 points to trade at 1379.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 2.55% or 132.00 points to end at 5315.00 and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) was up 1.93% or 62.00 points to 3272.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which fell 3.56% or 14.80 points to trade at 401.00 at the close. Next PLC (LON:NXT) declined 2.84% or 143.00 points to end at 4897.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 2.71% or 29.000 points to 1041.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1137 to 1005 and 429 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shire PLC (LON:SHP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.55% or 132.00 to 5315.00.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.01% or 0.15 to $1317.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.09 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.12 to trade at $45.83 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.45% to 1.2971, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8610.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 95.89.