U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Oil Equipment Services&Distribution and Forestry&Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the United Kingdom 100 lost 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the United Kingdom 100 were Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO), which rose 5.64% or 66.00 points to trade at 1236.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 1.20% or 1.04 points to end at 87.76 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) was up 1.06% or 2.40 points to 228.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NMC Health PLC (LON:NMC), which fell 5.46% or 133.00 points to trade at 2302.00 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) declined 5.32% or 111.50 points to end at 1986.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was down 3.83% or 33.80 points to 848.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1349 to 816 and 194 ended unchanged.
Shares in Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) rose to all time lows; gaining 1.20% or 1.04 to 87.76.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.75 to $1400.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.11 to hit $57.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2470, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8992.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 97.060.
