Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 3.28% or 73.00 points to trade at 2298.00 at the close. Meanwhile, 3I Group PLC (LON:III) added 1.72% or 9.500 points to end at 561.500 and RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) was up 1.64% or 7.900 points to 490.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA), which fell 3.87% or 29.00 points to trade at 719.50 at the close. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) declined 2.63% or 20.00 points to end at 740.00 and ITV PLC (LON:ITV) was down 2.58% or 5.70 points to 214.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1047 to 1037 and 463 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.87% or 29.00 to 719.50.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.65 to $1217.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.99% or 0.49 to hit $49.82 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.24 to trade at $50.60 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.85% to 1.4516, while EUR/GBP rose 0.83% to 0.7672.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.75.