Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Transportation and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Marks & Spencer Group (LONDON:MKS), which rose 4.88% or 23.20 points to trade at 498.70 at the close. easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ) added 3.76% or 63.00 points to end at 1738.00 and Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) was up 3.62% or 8.45 points to 241.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Mail (LONDON:RMG), which lost 4.91% or 22.30 points to trade at 432.20 in late trade. Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) declined 4.07% or 36.50 points to end at 859.50 and Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) shed 3.51% or 190.00 points to 5225.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1165 to 949 and 334 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.40% or 5.00 to $1236.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 3.75% or 1.98 to hit $50.88 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.91% or 1.14 to trade at $58.20 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.5270, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7416.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 94.72.