U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services&Distribution, Software&Computer Services and Electronic&Electrical Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 gained 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 4.08% or 24.60 points to trade at 627.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) added 2.88% or 75.0 points to end at 2678.0 and Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) was up 2.83% or 57.00 points to 2070.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which fell 4.04% or 31.00 points to trade at 735.40 at the close. Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) declined 3.65% or 73.00 points to end at 1930.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was down 2.48% or 8.30 points to 326.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1104 to 863 and 323 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1256.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $73.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.76% or 0.59 to trade at $78.66 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.3259, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8847.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 93.96.
