Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 7.46% or 66.00 points to trade at 951.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 6.07% or 67.00 points to end at 1171.50 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 5.76% or 18.00 points to 330.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 5.83% or 134.00 points to trade at 2163.00 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 2.40% or 130.00 points to end at 5283.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) was down 2.19% or 5.40 points to 241.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1035 to 913 and 423 ended unchanged.
Shares in Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) rose to 3-years highs; rising 7.46% or 66.00 to 951.00. Shares in Provident Financial (LON:PFG) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.83% or 134.00 to 2163.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.23 to $1251.07 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 3.09% or 1.43 to hit $47.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.90% or 1.41 to trade at $50.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.3041, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8939.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.81.