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 0.62% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the were Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:), which rose 2.05% or 300.00 points to trade at 14,950.00 at the close. Meanwhile, 3I Group PLC (LON:) added 1.98% or 59.00 points to end at 3,045.00 and Croda International PLC (LON:) was up 1.54% or 60.00 points to 3,959.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beazley PLC (LON:), which fell 5.24% or 36.00 points to trade at 650.50 at the close. BT Group PLC (LON:) declined 2.94% or 4.15 points to end at 137.15 and J Sainsbury PLC (LON:) was down 2.87% or 7.40 points to 250.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1052 to 710 and 717 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 7.50 to $2,331.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.29% or 0.24 to hit $83.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.05 to trade at $86.55 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.53.
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