Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Anglo American (LONDON:AAL), which rose 2.31% or 25.50 points to trade at 1129.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica Plc (LONDON:CNA) added 2.30% or 6.20 points to end at 275.30 and Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) was up 2.13% or 15.50 points to 743.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were St James`S Place (LONDON:SJP), which fell 3.42% or 31.00 points to trade at 875.50 at the close. Astrazeneca Plc (LONDON:AZN) declined 3.35% or 157.50 points to end at 4548.00 and Carnival (LONDON:CCL) was down 3.23% or 102.00 points to 3056.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1859 to 778 and 441 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.82% or 9.90 to $1213.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $57.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.12 to trade at $64.94 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.60% to 1.5330, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.72% at 96.19.