Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Beverage and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 6.27% or 18.70 points to trade at 317.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Unilever PLC (LON:ULVR) added 3.56% or 166.50 points to end at 4,846.50 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) was up 2.60% or 70.00 points to 2,762.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Diageo PLC (LON:DGE), which fell 2.55% or 42.00 points to trade at 1,602.50 at the close. GSK plc (LON:GSK) declined 2.06% or 37.50 points to end at 1,783.00 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was down 1.94% or 270.00 points to 13,665.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 947 to 826 and 542 ended unchanged.
Shares in Diageo PLC (LON:DGE) fell to 5-year lows; losing 2.55% or 42.00 to 1,602.50.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.62% or 26.05 to $4,243.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.10% or 0.65 to hit $58.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.57 to trade at $61.92 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.33, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 99.14.
