Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.56% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV), which rose 4.62% or 56.00 points to trade at 1269.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 4.18% or 51.00 points to end at 1270.56 and Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) was up 3.92% or 8.75 points to 232.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which fell 4.28% or 213.00 points to trade at 4770.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.86% or 13.70 points to end at 340.90 and Hammerson PLC (LON:HMSO) was down 2.62% or 15.00 points to 558.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1296 to 602 and 431 ended unchanged.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.79% or 9.15 to $1160.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.36% or 1.27 to hit $52.45 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 2.16% or 1.23 to trade at $55.59 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.17% to 1.2254, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8499.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 103.15.