Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Forestry & Paper and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 0.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LONDON:CCH), which rose 2.98% or 41.0 points to trade at 1417.0 at the close. Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) added 2.60% or 18.50 points to end at 730.50 and Dixons Carphone (LONDON:DC) was up 1.87% or 7.80 points to 425.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG), which lost 3.68% or 20.50 points to trade at 537.00 in late trade. Imperial Tobacco Group (LONDON:IMT) declined 3.38% or 109.00 points to end at 3120.00 and Whitbread (LONDON:WTB) shed 3.26% or 170.00 points to 5050.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1451 to 1208 and 438 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.67% or 8.00 to $1194.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.33% or 1.96 to hit $60.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 1.69 to trade at $68.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.44% to 1.5187, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.7368.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 95.20.