Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Engineering and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.58% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Life PLC (LON:SL), which rose 6.75% or 21.500 points to trade at 340.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) added 4.12% or 7.600 points to end at 192.300 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was up 3.73% or 36.50 points to 1016.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which fell 5.55% or 12.100 points to trade at 206.000 at the close. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) declined 2.37% or 87.00 points to end at 3589.00 and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (LON:ADN) was down 2.27% or 7.60 points to 328.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1543 to 621 and 400 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.95 to $1345.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.05 to trade at $45.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.26% to 1.3005, while EUR/GBP rose 0.48% to 0.8544.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 96.10.