Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 1.64% or 25.00 points to trade at 1553.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) added 1.61% or 24.00 points to end at 1510.00 and Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) was up 1.28% or 30.00 points to 2365.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which fell 4.24% or 14.60 points to trade at 330.10 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 4.12% or 143.00 points to end at 3327.00 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was down 3.97% or 53.00 points to 1283.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1309 to 645 and 436 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.95% or 11.75 to $1245.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.29% or 0.63 to hit $48.28 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.52 to trade at $51.10 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.06% to 1.2490, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 99.48.