U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Forestry&Paper, Industrial Metals&Mining and Beverage sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 rose 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were The Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:BKGH), which rose 2.53% or 91.00 points to trade at 3685.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 2.22% or 20.80 points to end at 958.80 and Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) was up 2.16% or 44.00 points to 2079.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which fell 3.23% or 275.00 points to trade at 8225.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) declined 2.96% or 36.00 points to end at 1180.00 and Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) was down 2.78% or 18.00 points to 628.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1031 to 900 and 328 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.98% or 12.20 to $1227.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $66.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.15% or 0.11 to trade at $71.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.63% to 1.3152, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8868.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 94.70.
