Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 4.92% or 41.10 points to trade at 876.10 at the close. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) added 4.90% or 22.700 points to end at 486.200 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 4.41% or 45.50 points to 1078.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which lost 1.08% or 55.00 points to trade at 5040.00 in late trade. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) declined 0.79% or 38.50 points to end at 4850.50 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) shed 0.76% or 7.50 points to 981.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1457 to 694 and 464 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.00% or 0.05 to $1343.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.91% or 0.43 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.56 to trade at $49.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.37% to 1.3184, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8581.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 94.46.