Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Food & Drug Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.89% or 20.00 points to trade at 534.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 3.46% or 24.50 points to end at 732.50 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.51% or 38.00 points to 1554.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which fell 6.54% or 46.600 points to trade at 665.700 at the close. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 5.99% or 48.00 points to end at 754.00 and Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) was down 3.01% or 41.00 points to 1322.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1128 to 801 and 405 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1238.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.88% or 1.01 to hit $54.79 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 0.89 to trade at $57.07 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.09% to 1.2471, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8458.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 101.36.