U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.57%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers , Industrial Metals & Mining and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.57%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG ), which rose 4.10% or 8.15 points to trade at 206.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN ) added 3.81% or 61.00 points to end at 1,662.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ ) was up 3.15% or 15.80 points to 518.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO ), which fell 4.52% or 85.00 points to trade at 1,796.50 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN ) declined 4.04% or 17.00 points to end at 403.55 and BP PLC (LON:BP ) was down 3.89% or 15.90 points to 392.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 921 to 867 and 671 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.69% or 18.40 to $2,684.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.97% or 3.67 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.75% or 3.68 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.96.

Source: Investing.com