U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.79%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts , Fixed Line Telecommunications and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.79%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Unite Group PLC (LON:UTG ), which rose 3.94% or 37.50 points to trade at 988.50 at the close. Meanwhile, JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD ) added 3.42% or 4.65 points to end at 140.50 and Londonmetric Property Plc (LON:LMPL ) was up 2.37% or 4.80 points to 207.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Barclays PLC (LON:BARC ), which fell 3.26% or 7.30 points to trade at 216.70 at the close. Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR ) declined 3.05% or 105.00 points to end at 3,342.00 and Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON ) was down 2.88% or 13.60 points to 458.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1023 to 757 and 697 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 7.50 to $2,540.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.34% or 2.98 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.77% or 2.71 to trade at $69.13 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.64.

Source: Investing.com