Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Health Care Equipment & Services, Automobiles & Parts and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which rose 2.10% or 7.50 points to trade at 364.80 at the close. Taylor Wimpey Plc (LONDON:TW) added 2.07% or 3.00 points to end at 147.90 and Morrison(Wm.)Supermarkets (LONDON:MRW) was up 1.61% or 3.20 points to 202.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smith & Nephew (LONDON:SN), which lost 5.67% or 68.00 points to trade at 1131.00 in late trade. Travis Perkins (LONDON:TPK) declined 4.00% or 81.00 points to end at 1944.00 and IMI (LONDON:IMI) shed 3.74% or 51.00 points to 1313.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1241 to 847 and 356 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.41% or 5.00 to $1203.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.84% or 0.91 to hit $50.50 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 2.65% or 1.57 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.12% to 1.5383, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7280.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 95.26.