Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food Producers and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF), which rose 5.79% or 144.00 points to trade at 2633.00 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) added 4.71% or 57.50 points to end at 1279.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 4.25% or 24.00 points to 589.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which lost 5.16% or 18.00 points to trade at 331.00 in late trade. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) declined 3.00% or 114.00 points to end at 3689.00 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) shed 1.62% or 7.500 points to 454.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1209 to 1084 and 413 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.25% or 3.15 to $1276.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.51% or 0.23 to hit $45.12 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.09 to trade at $46.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.23% to 1.2367, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.92.