Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Insurance 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 Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which rose 3.77% or 10.45 points to trade at 287.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 3.27% or 100.00 points to end at 3157.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 3.23% or 31.50 points to 1006.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 4.77% or 76.00 points to trade at 1516.00 at the close. GKN PLC (LON:GKN) declined 4.30% or 14.90 points to end at 331.20 and Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) was down 2.25% or 46.00 points to 1994.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1267 to 700 and 448 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) fell to 3-years lows; losing 4.77% or 76.00 to 1516.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1247.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.98% or 0.86 to hit $44.24 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.04% or 0.94 to trade at $46.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.51% to 1.2788, while EUR/GBP rose 0.72% to 0.8852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.83% at 96.30.