Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, General Industrial and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 2.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Smiths Group PLC (L:SMIN), which rose 10.21% or 94.50 points to trade at 1020.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (L:RR) added 5.11% or 27.00 points to end at 555.00 and Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (L:HRGV) was up 3.81% or 55.00 points to 1498.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (L:AAL), which fell 5.07% or 23.00 points to trade at 431.00 at the close. EasyJet PLC (L:EZJ) declined 4.09% or 73.000 points to end at 1710.000 and Randgold Resources Ltd (L:RRS) was down 2.46% or 99.00 points to 3929.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1546 to 570 and 437 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (L:AAL) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.07% or 23.00 to 431.00. Shares in Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (L:HRGV) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.81% or 55.00 to 1498.00.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.50% or 16.20 to $1067.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.70% or 0.71 to hit $41.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 0.58 to trade at $43.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.07% to 1.5216, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.6988.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 99.81.