U.K. Stock Market Update

Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Construction & Materials, and Mobile Telecommunications sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.43%.

Best Performers

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were:
– Airtel Africa Plc (LON:AAF): +2.68% (2.91 points) to 111.51
– Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP): +2.23% (84.00 points) to 3,844.00
– B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB): +2.17% (7.80 points) to 365.60

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV): -16.06% (105.00 points) to 549.00
– Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN): -2.40% (29.00 points) to 1,188.00
– Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW): -1.47% (1.80 points) to 120.30

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1087 to 518, with 135 ending unchanged.

Shares in Vistry Group PLC, Persimmon PLC, and Taylor Wimpey PLC all fell to 52-week lows.

Commodities

• Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 2.99 to $2,631.19 a troy ounce.
• Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.34% or 0.93 to hit $70.17 a barrel.
• The March Brent oil contract rose 1.20% or 0.87 to trade at $73.19 a barrel.

Currency Exchange

• GBP/USD was unchanged at 1.25.
• EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.83.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 108.00.