By 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 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which rose 5.49% or 58.00 points to trade at 1,114.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF) added 3.53% or 4.10 points to end at 120.20 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 3.25% or 158.00 points to 5,024.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD), which fell 6.36% or 6.12 points to trade at 90.18 at the close. Next PLC (LON:NXT) declined 3.44% or 322.00 points to end at 9,028.00 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN) was down 2.99% or 62.00 points to 2,010.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 978 to 839 and 596 ended unchanged.
Shares in JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.36% or 6.12 to 90.18.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 3.06 to $2,681.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $76.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.62 to trade at $80.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 109.29.
