Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which rose 6.10% or 99.00 points to trade at 1723.00 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 5.42% or 11.15 points to end at 217.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 5.33% or 55.000 points to 1087.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 6.68% or 78.50 points to trade at 1096.50 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 5.45% or 15.40 points to end at 267.40 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 4.96% or 35.00 points to 671.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1420 to 895 and 424 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.23% or 2.85 to $1224.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 4.78% or 2.07 to hit $45.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 4.39% or 1.95 to trade at $46.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.61% to 1.2420, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8636.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 100.20.