Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 9.77% or 12.90 points to trade at 145.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 5.07% or 81.60 points to end at 1692.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 4.52% or 41.20 points to 952.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 3.96% or 27.20 points to trade at 660.00 at the close. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 2.93% or 21.40 points to end at 710.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was down 2.74% or 74.0 points to 2626.0.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1257 to 736 and 133 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1342.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.98% or 1.89 to hit $65.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.02% or 2.07 to trade at $70.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.25% to 1.4167, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8709.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.41.