NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, Automobiles & Parts and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 added 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LONDON:CCH), which rose 4.30% or 61.0 points to trade at 1480.0 at the close. Meanwhile, Land Securities Group Plc (LONDON:LAND) added 3.97% or 52.00 points to end at 1363.00 and Intu Properties Plc (LONDON:INTUP) was up 3.12% or 10.70 points to 354.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT), which fell 3.93% or 57.50 points to trade at 1405.50 at the close. Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) declined 3.53% or 28.00 points to end at 764.50 and Vodafone Group PLC (LONDON:VOD) was down 3.20% or 7.50 points to 226.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1788 to 843 and 417 ended unchanged.
Shares in Coca Cola HBC AG (LONDON:CCH) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 4.30% or 61.0 to 1480.0. Shares in Land Securities Group Plc (LONDON:LAND) rose to all time highs; up 3.97% or 52.00 to 1363.00.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.65% or 20.20 to $1207.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.02% or 1.82 to hit $58.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.81% or 1.86 to trade at $64.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.88% to 1.5516, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.19% at 95.34.
