U.K. Stock Market Update

Investing.com – U.K. stocks experienced a decline after the close on Tuesday, influenced by losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Household Goods & Home Construction, and Banking sectors.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell by 1.37%.

Best Performers

The leading performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were:
– Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB): Up 4.10% or 88.00 points, trading at 2,236.00.
– International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG): Increased by 2.14% or 4.10 points, ending at 196.00.
– Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT): Rose by 1.35% or 76.00 points, closing at 5,724.00.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session included:
– Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV): Down 24.31% or 309.50 points, trading at 963.50.
– Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL): Decreased by 6.69% or 163.50 points, closing at 2,281.50.
– Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO): Fell 5.15% or 102.50 points, ending at 1,888.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1169 to 625, with 671 ending unchanged.

Commodity Prices

• Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.22% or 32.65, at $2,633.35 per troy ounce.
• Crude Oil for November delivery decreased by 4.39% or 3.39, hitting $73.75 per barrel.
• Brent Oil for December fell 4.39% or 3.55, trading at $77.38 per barrel.

Currency Exchange Rates

• GBP/USD was unchanged at 1.31 (down 0.07%).
• EUR/GBP remained nearly the same at 0.84 (down 0.08%).
• US Dollar Index Futures was steady at 102.31 (unchanged 0.00%).