Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 8.57% or 29.10 points to trade at 368.60 at the close. Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) added 5.09% or 91.00 points to end at 1880.00 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) was up 4.08% or 40.80 points to 1039.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP), which lost 2.55% or 145.00 points to trade at 5535.00 in late trade. Aberdeen Asset Management Plc (LONDON:ADN) declined 2.51% or 12.70 points to end at 493.80 and International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) shed 2.38% or 14.50 points to 595.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1337 to 1267 and 466 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.59% or 7.10 to $1192.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 3.12% or 1.62 to hit $53.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 1.13 to trade at $60.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.67% to 1.4775, while EUR/GBP rose 0.24% to 0.7217.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.81% at 98.93.