Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.57% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 2.40% or 81.00 points to trade at 3453.00 at the close. Meanwhile, London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 1.28% or 34.00 points to end at 2697.00 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) was up 1.25% or 3.600 points to 291.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 4.36% or 35.70 points to trade at 783.80 at the close. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) declined 2.71% or 17.50 points to end at 628.50 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) was down 2.66% or 75.00 points to 2740.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1161 to 958 and 469 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.75 to $1327.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.59% or 1.20 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 0.99 to trade at $47.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.09% to 1.3191, while EUR/GBP rose 1.20% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.35.