Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Metals & Mining and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.57% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 2.40% or 81.00 points to trade at 3453.00 at the close. London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 1.28% or 34.00 points to end at 2697.00 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) was up 1.25% or 3.600 points to 291.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 4.36% or 35.70 points to trade at 783.80 in late trade. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) declined 2.71% or 17.50 points to end at 628.50 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) shed 2.66% or 75.00 points to 2740.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1161 to 958 and 469 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.13% or 1.75 to $1327.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.61% or 1.21 to hit $45.08 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.11% or 1.02 to trade at $47.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.09% to 1.3191, while EUR/GBP rose 1.20% to 0.8525.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 95.35.