U.K. Stock Market Update

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, driven by gains in the General Industrial, Travel & Leisure, and Tobacco sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.20%.

Best Performers

• Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL): +7.97% (256.00 points) at 3,470.00
• EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ): +6.90% (30.90 points) at 478.80
• Smurfit Kappa Group PLC (LON:SWR): +2.97% (101.00 points) at 3,505.00

Worst Performers

• Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV): -6.56% (36.20 points) at 515.60
• Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (LON:BKGH): -4.32% (225.00 points) at 4,980.00
• Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN): -4.31% (73.50 points) at 1,632.00

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 939 to 833, with 701 ending unchanged.

Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) reached an all-time high, rising 7.97% to 3,470.00.

Commodities Update

• Gold Futures (December delivery): -0.36% (9.30) to $2,545.90 a troy ounce.
• Crude Oil (October delivery): -2.04% (1.58) to $75.84 a barrel.
• Brent Oil (November contract): -1.75% (1.41) to $78.95 a barrel.

Currency Update

• GBP/USD was unchanged at 1.32.
• EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.84.
• US Dollar Index Futures: -0.09% at 100.65.