LONDON: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Tobacco sectors led shares lower. At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.35%. The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG), which rose 27.70% or 88.50 points to trade at 408.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 2.01% or 135.00 points to end at 6850.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 1.21% or 3.70 points to 308.50 in late trade. The worst performers of the session were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which fell 1.99% or 47.00 points to trade at 2321.00 at the close. Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) declined 1.88% or 25.00 points to end at 1307.00 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was down 1.27% or 8.00 points to 623.50. Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1167 to 747 and 422 ended unchanged.
Shares in Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) rose to all time highs; rising 27.70% or 88.50 to 408.00. Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.73 to $1223.93 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $49.72 a barrel. GBP/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2919, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8780. The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.01.
