Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking , General Retailers and Electrical sectors led shares higher.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.60%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Howden Joinery Group Plc (LON: HWDN ), which rose 4.60% or 34.00 points to trade at 773.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Entain PLC (LON: ENT ) added 3.28% or 20.60 points to end at 648.80 and BAE Systems PLC (LON: BAES ) was up 2.92% or 49.00 points to 1,729.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Associated British Foods PLC (LON: ABF ), which fell 9.16% or 205.00 points to trade at 2,034.00 at the close. BP PLC (LON: BP ) declined 2.43% or 8.80 points to end at 353.20 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON: AHT ) was down 2.37% or 97.00 points to 3,993.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1064 to 718 and 583 ended unchanged.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.66% or 22.26 to $3,325.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.14% or 1.33 to hit $60.72 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.04% or 1.32 to trade at $63.47 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 98.88.