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 lost 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the were Melrose Industries PLC (LON:), which rose 5.19% or 24.60 points to trade at 498.80 at the close. Meanwhile, 3I Group PLC (LON:) added 4.34% or 139.00 points to end at 3,340.00 and BT Group PLC (LON:) was up 3.69% or 5.25 points to 147.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schroders PLC (LON:), which fell 13.70% or 49.80 points to trade at 313.80 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:) declined 8.40% or 928.00 points to end at 10,114.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:) was down 1.94% or 36.00 points to 1,820.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 989 to 842 and 622 ended unchanged.
Shares in Schroders PLC (LON:) fell to 5-year lows; down 13.70% or 49.80 to 313.80.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.19% or 5.10 to $2,751.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.54% or 1.10 to hit $72.57 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 1.01 to trade at $76.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.54% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.39.
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