LONDON: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Forestry & Paper and General Industrial sectors led shares higher. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.66%. The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK), which rose 3.30% or 134.00 points to trade at 4200.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 2.88% or 16.00 points to end at 572.00 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.85% or 46.00 points to 1657.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which fell 3.52% or 29.50 points to trade at 808.50 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.82% or 41.00 points to end at 1411.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was down 2.48% or 27.50 points to 1079.00. Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1331 to 686 and 411 ended unchanged. Shares in Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) rose to all time highs; rising 3.30% or 134.00 to 4200.00. Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.09% or 1.15 to $1256.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.90% or 0.44 to hit $48.40 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.74% or 0.38 to trade at $51.14 a barrel. GBP/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2917, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8448. The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 98.97.
