Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the fell 1.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were EasyJet PLC (LON:), which rose 1.27% or 5.50 points to trade at 438.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:) added 1.04% or 1.70 points to end at 165.55 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:) was up 0.90% or 1.55 points to 173.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were BT Group PLC (LON:), which fell 6.39% or 9.30 points to trade at 136.30 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:) declined 4.39% or 5.65 points to end at 123.20 and Shell PLC (LON:) was down 2.84% or 80.00 points to 2,733.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1061 to 711 and 708 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.04% or 1.70 to 165.55.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 4.25 to $2,545.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.37% or 0.27 to hit $73.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.30 to trade at $77.36 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 101.38.
