Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Automobiles & Parts and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 5.27% or 54.00 points to trade at 1078.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 4.70% or 26.30 points to end at 585.80 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was up 3.90% or 18.600 points to 495.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which fell 2.01% or 3.70 points to trade at 180.30 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) declined 1.74% or 55.00 points to end at 3113.00 and G4S PLC (LON:GFS) was down 1.66% or 3.20 points to 190.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1207 to 920 and 416 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.39% or 4.95 to $1261.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.46% or 1.07 to hit $44.51 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.78% or 1.65 to trade at $45.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.4447, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7880.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.18.