NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Anglo American (LONDON:AAL), which rose 4.54% or 45.50 points to trade at 1048.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Antofagasta (LONDON:ANTO) added 3.16% or 23.50 points to end at 766.50 and Rio Tinto (LONDON:RIO) was up 2.38% or 67.50 points to 2902.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merlin Entertainments PLC (LONDON:MERL), which fell 3.35% or 15.40 points to trade at 444.00 at the close. Imperial Tobacco Group (LONDON:IMT) declined 2.90% or 96.00 points to end at 3210.00 and British American Tobacco (LONDON:BATS) was down 2.41% or 86.50 points to 3506.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1364 to 1265 and 435 ended unchanged.
Gold for August delivery was up 0.34% or 4.00 to $1192.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.48% or 0.89 to hit $61.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.65 to trade at $65.53 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.90% to 1.5337, while EUR/GBP rose 1.04% to 0.7264.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.51% at 96.05.
