U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services&Distribution, Automobiles&Parts and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA), which rose 5.36% or 14.00 points to trade at 275.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) added 4.72% or 20.90 points to end at 463.90 and Aviva PLC (LON:AV) was up 3.65% or 14.70 points to 417.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV), which fell 4.58% or 102.00 points to trade at 2126.00 at the close. Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) declined 2.76% or 21.80 points to end at 769.20 and Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) was down 2.42% or 2.20 points to 88.80.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1249 to 942 and 166 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.76% or 21.80 to 769.20.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.45 to $1328.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.58% or 0.31 to hit $53.56 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.63 to trade at $61.91 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.17% to 1.2685, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8868.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.107.
