Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 4.81% or 171.00 points to trade at 3726.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) added 3.31% or 24.00 points to end at 750.00 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) was up 1.56% or 13.00 points to 847.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which fell 2.49% or 15.600 points to trade at 610.100 at the close. Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) declined 2.21% or 42.50 points to end at 1882.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC (LON:RDSa) was down 2.09% or 38.50 points to 1800.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1343 to 831 and 433 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.05% or 14.15 to $1329.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.61% or 1.66 to hit $44.27 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.57% or 1.71 to trade at $46.22 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.29% to 1.3013, while EUR/GBP fell 0.68% to 0.8613.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 95.46.