Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications , Beverage and General Retailers sectors led shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Persimmon PLC (LON: PSN ), which rose 5.49% or 58.00 points to trade at 1,114.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Airtel Africa Plc (LON: AAF ) added 3.53% or 4.10 points to end at 120.20 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON: AHT ) was up 3.25% or 158.00 points to 5,024.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON: JD ), which fell 6.36% or 6.12 points to trade at 90.18 at the close. Next PLC (LON: NXT ) declined 3.44% or 322.00 points to end at 9,028.00 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON: ICGIN ) was down 2.99% or 62.00 points to 2,010.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 978 to 839 and 596 ended unchanged.

Shares in JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON: JD ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.36% or 6.12 to 90.18.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.11% or 3.06 to $2,681.66 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.74% or 0.57 to hit $76.73 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.62 to trade at $80.39 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 109.29.