Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Gas, Water&Multiutilities, Banking and Electrical sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 2.67% or 29.00 points to trade at 1114.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) added 2.39% or 50.00 points to end at 2141.00 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.26% or 31.50 points to 1426.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which fell 6.40% or 312.00 points to trade at 4561.00 at the close. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) declined 5.30% or 14.90 points to end at 266.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was down 3.49% or 24.60 points to 679.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1106 to 870 and 316 ended unchanged.
Shares in Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.67% or 29.00 to 1114.00. Shares in Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.39% or 50.00 to 2141.00.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.27% or 3.50 to $1300.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.60 to trade at $74.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.49% to 1.3378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.94.
