U.K. stocks lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.15%

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Life Insurance/Assurance and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 3.49% or 5.05 points to trade at 149.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 3.08% or 74.00 points to end at 2,475.00 and Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) was up 2.05% or 12.00 points to 596.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM), which fell 7.98% or 362.00 points to trade at 4,174.00 at the close. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) declined 2.77% or 14.60 points to end at 512.00 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) was down 2.38% or 15.20 points to 624.80.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1037 to 748 and 663 ended unchanged.

Shares in Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.08% or 74.00 to 2,475.00.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 17.55 to $2,632.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.13 to trade at $73.17 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.14.