Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Electrical sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which rose 5.82% or 51.00 points to trade at 927.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) added 5.50% or 63.00 points to end at 1209.00 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was up 4.71% or 8.70 points to 193.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF), which fell 2.33% or 71.00 points to trade at 2980.00 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 2.28% or 24.00 points to end at 1029.00 and Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) was down 1.79% or 56.50 points to 3106.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1204 to 796 and 473 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.56% or 7.15 to $1281.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.19% or 0.57 to hit $48.29 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.78% or 0.38 to trade at $49.35 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.56% to 1.4483, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.7829.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 94.34.