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 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the were GSK plc (LON:), which rose 1.06% or 14.00 points to trade at 1,333.50 at the close. Meanwhile, HALEON PLC (LON:) added 1.00% or 3.80 points to end at 384.70 and Compass Group PLC (LON:) was up 0.64% or 17.00 points to 2,672.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bunzl PLC (LON:), which fell 5.68% or 202.00 points to trade at 3,356.00 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:) declined 2.77% or 2.74 points to end at 96.24 and WPP PLC (LON:) was down 2.66% or 23.40 points to 856.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1258 to 551 and 606 ended unchanged.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.53% or 14.21 to $2,655.79 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.04% or 1.44 to hit $69.27 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.39% or 1.03 to trade at $72.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 106.49.
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