U.K. Stocks Close Lower

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, with losses in the Construction & Materials, General Industrial, and Beverage sectors leading shares down.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.82%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were:
– GSK plc (LON:GSK): +1.06% or 14.00 points, trading at 1,333.50.
– HALEON PLC (LON:HLN): +1.00% or 3.80 points, ending at 384.70.
– Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG): +0.64% or 17.00 points, at 2,672.00.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session included:
– Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL): -5.68% or 202.00 points, trading at 3,356.00.
– JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD): -2.77% or 2.74 points, ending at 96.24.
– WPP PLC (LON:WPP): -2.66% or 23.40 points, at 856.40.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1258 to 551, with 606 unchanged.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for February delivery fell 0.53%, down 14.21 to $2,655.79 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for January delivery dropped 2.04%, down 1.44 to $69.27 a barrel.
• February Brent Oil fell 1.39%, down 1.03 to $72.88 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• GBP/USD remained unchanged at 1.27 (+0.33%).
• EUR/GBP remained at 0.83 (+0.30%).

US Dollar Index

The US Dollar Index Futures decreased by 0.06% to 106.49.