Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electronic & Electrical Equipment, Electrical and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 8.66% or 44.50 points to trade at 558.50 at the close. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) added 2.09% or 51.000 points to end at 2486.500 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) was up 2.02% or 3.9000 points to 196.9000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS), which lost 3.24% or 11.30 points to trade at 337.50 in late trade. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 2.48% or 27.000 points to end at 1060.000 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) shed 2.25% or 12.000 points to 521.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1409 to 702 and 468 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 5.05 to $1352.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.62% or 0.74 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.51% or 0.73 to trade at $49.08 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.14% to 1.3027, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 94.76.