Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 7.62% or 85.50 points to trade at 1208.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 5.33% or 14.30 points to end at 282.45 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 4.92% or 62.50 points to 1334.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG), which fell 4.67% or 65.00 points to trade at 1326.00 at the close. Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) declined 4.64% or 46.00 points to end at 945.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was down 3.61% or 48.00 points to 1282.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1527 to 788 and 440 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.62% or 85.50 to 1208.00.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.35 to $1213.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.43% or 0.69 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.32 to trade at $48.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.2428, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8553.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 101.03.