Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA), which rose 1.57% or 7.100 points to trade at 458.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) added 1.47% or 3.400 points to end at 234.600 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 1.14% or 18.00 points to 1593.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which fell 10.80% or 59.05 points to trade at 487.45 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) declined 6.54% or 53.40 points to end at 762.80 and Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN) was down 6.36% or 15.500 points to 228.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1262 to 830 and 446 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.07% or 13.30 to $1231.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.72% or 1.01 to hit $36.17 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.63% or 1.04 to trade at $38.49 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.00% to 1.4158, while EUR/GBP rose 1.07% to 0.7849.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 96.63.