U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.06%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Materials , Household Goods & Home Construction and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.06%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT ), which rose 3.75% or 358.00 points to trade at 9,912.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD ) added 3.64% or 3.56 points to end at 101.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG ) was up 2.66% or 7.90 points to 304.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW ), which fell 4.46% or 5.35 points to trade at 114.60 at the close. Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV ) declined 4.37% or 25.00 points to end at 547.00 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP ) was down 4.10% or 32.40 points to 758.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1054 to 721 and 622 ended unchanged.

Shares in Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW ) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.46% or 5.35 to 114.60. Shares in Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.37% or 25.00 to 547.00.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.71% or 18.86 to $2,666.26 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.88% or 0.65 to hit $74.21 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.66 to trade at $76.96 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 108.29.

Source: Investing.com