Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN), which rose 3.59% or 6.10 points to trade at 176.10 at the close. Shire PLC (LONDON:SHP) added 1.65% or 85.00 points to end at 5245.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LONDON:ICAG) was up 1.29% or 7.00 points to 550.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antofagasta PLC (LONDON:ANTO), which lost 2.09% or 12.00 points to trade at 561.50 in late trade. Barratt Developments PLC (LONDON:BDEV) declined 1.91% or 12.50 points to end at 640.50 and BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) shed 1.85% or 21.00 points to 1112.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1323 to 1203 and 474 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.30% or 3.40 to $1115.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.73% or 0.31 to hit $42.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.10 to trade at $48.65 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.41% to 1.5652, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.7048.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 97.01.