Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Electrical sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were SKY PLC (LONDON:SKYB), which rose 4.08% or 44.00 points to trade at 1122.00 at the close. Meggitt PLC (LONDON:MGGT) added 3.93% or 18.50 points to end at 489.00 and Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) was up 1.86% or 3.95 points to 216.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT), which lost 1.93% or 21.00 points to trade at 1066.00 in late trade. GKN (LONDON:GKN) declined 1.85% or 6.00 points to end at 318.50 and Johnson Matthey (LONDON:JMAT) shed 1.80% or 55.00 points to 2995.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1323 to 1233 and 511 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.70 to $1154.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.64 to hit $52.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.39 to trade at $58.53 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.66% to 1.5584, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.7062.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 96.86.