U.K. Stock Market Summary

U.K. stocks were higher following Monday's close, with gains seen in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining, and Oil & Gas Producers sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 increased by 0.52%.

Best Performers

• Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV): +6.05% or 40.50 points at 710.00
• Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO): +4.91% or 85.00 points at 1,815.50
• Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES): +4.65% or 30.50 points at 686.00

Worst Performers

• Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB): -2.58% or 77.00 points at 2,911.00
• BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES): -2.48% or 30.50 points at 1,199.00
• InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG): -2.42% or 245.00 points at 9,900.00

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange with 996 advances against 833 declines, while 599 ended unchanged.

Commodities

• Gold Futures (February): +1.13% or 30.04 at $2,689.64 per troy ounce
• Crude Oil (January): +1.85% or 1.24 at $68.44 per barrel
• Brent Oil (February): +1.62% or 1.15 at $72.27 per barrel

Currency Exchange

• GBP/USD: unchanged at 1.28, EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures declined 0.06% to 105.67.