Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Tobacco and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Merlin Entertainments PLC (L:MERL), which rose 3.29% or 13.20 points to trade at 415.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (L:RR) added 2.68% or 16.50 points to end at 631.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (L:ICAG) was up 2.68% or 13.50 points to 518.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Chartered PLC (L:STAN), which fell 5.34% or 24.200 points to trade at 428.850 at the close. G4S PLC (L:GFS) declined 1.59% or 3.20 points to end at 197.80 and Shire PLC (L:SHP) was down 1.50% or 57.00 points to 3740.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1091 to 1022 and 431 ended unchanged.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.31% or 28.60 to $1210.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.19% or 0.35 to hit $29.09 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.76% or 0.92 to trade at $32.47 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.95% to 1.4300, while EUR/GBP rose 0.83% to 0.7793.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.86.