Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food Producers and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF), which rose 5.79% or 144.00 points to trade at 2633.00 at the close. Meanwhile, BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) added 4.71% or 57.50 points to end at 1279.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 4.25% or 24.00 points to 589.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which fell 5.16% or 18.00 points to trade at 331.00 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) declined 3.00% or 114.00 points to end at 3689.00 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) was down 1.62% or 7.500 points to 454.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1209 to 1084 and 413 ended unchanged.
Shares in BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.71% or 57.50 to 1279.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1276.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.23 to hit $45.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.09 to trade at $46.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.2367, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.92.