Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were 3I Group PLC (LON:III), which rose 2.30% or 20.00 points to trade at 888.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 1.97% or 23.00 points to end at 1192.00 and GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LON:GSK) was up 1.79% or 29.5 points to 1673.0 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which fell 3.25% or 26.50 points to trade at 789.50 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 3.19% or 148.50 points to end at 4503.00 and Informa Plc (LON:INF) was down 2.76% or 19.00 points to 669.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1085 to 930 and 413 ended unchanged.
Shares in 3I Group PLC (LON:III) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.30% or 20.00 to 888.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.45% or 5.73 to $1262.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.14% or 0.57 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.52% or 0.80 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.05% to 1.2847, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8702.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.26.