Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financial Services , Aerospace & Defense and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were 3I Group PLC (LON: III ), which rose 5.79% or 226.00 points to trade at 4,130.00 at the close. Meanwhile, B&M European Value Retail SA (LON: BMEB ) added 4.71% or 14.10 points to end at 313.30 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON: ICGIN ) was up 3.77% or 66.00 points to 1,816.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diageo PLC (LON: DGE ), which fell 3.46% or 73.00 points to trade at 2,036.00 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON: GLEN ) declined 1.58% or 4.10 points to end at 255.95 and Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON: PSHP ) was down 1.12% or 38.00 points to 3,352.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1288 to 493 and 577 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.37% or 11.89 to $3,238.19 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.68% or 0.42 to hit $61.11 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.45 to trade at $64.43 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.32, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 99.88.