Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 3.93% or 178.00 points to trade at 4712.00 at the close. Meanwhile, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 3.69% or 13.40 points to end at 376.10 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 3.27% or 10.50 points to 332.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Old Mutual PLC (LON:OML), which fell 5.54% or 11.60 points to trade at 197.70 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 2.67% or 6.10 points to end at 221.90 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) was down 2.42% or 14.50 points to 584.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1180 to 1171 and 423 ended unchanged.
Shares in Capita PLC (LON:CPI) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.42% or 14.50 to 584.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.15 to $1258.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.56% or 0.80 to hit $50.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 0.91 to trade at $52.23 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.10% to 1.2226, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.9047.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.65% at 97.54.