U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals&Mining, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 gained 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which rose 4.38% or 4.10 points to trade at 97.76 at the close. Meanwhile, DCC plc (LON:DCC) added 3.61% or 234.0 points to end at 6720.0 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 3.14% or 137.00 points to 4505.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which fell 3.75% or 4.94 points to trade at 126.84 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 1.57% or 16.00 points to end at 1000.50 and Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) was down 1.41% or 12.60 points to 879.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1333 to 710 and 318 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) fell to 5-year lows; losing 3.75% or 4.94 to 126.84. Shares in EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.57% or 16.00 to 1000.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.35 to $1296.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.39% or 0.85 to hit $61.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.61% or 1.13 to trade at $71.36 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2913, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8682.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 97.312.
