Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 15.17% or 83.50 points to trade at 634.00 at the close. Meanwhile, London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 5.38% or 183.00 points to end at 3582.00 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) was up 2.99% or 250.00 points to 8615.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were 3I Group PLC (LON:III), which fell 2.96% or 27.50 points to trade at 901.00 at the close. Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) declined 2.68% or 13.50 points to end at 489.50 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was down 2.50% or 41.00 points to 1600.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1214 to 750 and 423 ended unchanged.
Shares in London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) rose to all time highs; rising 5.38% or 183.00 to 3582.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.53 to $1265.37 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.48% or 0.22 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.24 to trade at $48.53 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.69% to 1.2746, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.05.