Stock market
U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Electrical and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 8.66% or 44.50 points to trade at 558.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 2.09% or 51.000 points to end at 2486.500 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 2.02% or 3.9000 points to 196.9000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which fell 3.24% or 11.30 points to trade at 337.50 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 2.48% or 27.000 points to end at 1060.000 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was down 2.25% or 12.000 points to 521.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1409 to 702 and 468 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 5.05 to $1352.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.64% or 0.75 to hit $46.49 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.73 to trade at $49.08 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.15% to 1.3028, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 94.76.
Source by Investing.com
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