Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Wolseley PLC (LON:WOS), which rose 5.06% or 247.00 points to trade at 5130.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) added 4.07% or 29.40 points to end at 752.40 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) was up 3.63% or 23.00 points to 656.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which fell 2.98% or 17.00 points to trade at 553.00 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) declined 1.43% or 38.00 points to end at 2612.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was down 1.33% or 13.50 points to 998.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1221 to 775 and 420 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.17% or 2.15 to $1253.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.91% or 0.91 to hit $48.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.75% or 0.89 to trade at $51.79 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.49% to 1.2496, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8681.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 99.17.