Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food Producers, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG), which rose 3.63% or 21.50 points to trade at 613.50 at the close. Persimmon (LONDON:PSN) added 2.45% or 41.00 points to end at 1716.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LONDON:CCH) was up 2.26% or 27.0 points to 1221.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tullow Oil Plc (LONDON:TLW), which lost 2.88% or 9.30 points to trade at 313.70 in late trade. Associated British Foods (LONDON:ABF) declined 2.86% or 86.00 points to end at 2925.00 and Wolseley Plc (LONDON:WOS) shed 2.66% or 112.00 points to 4098.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1124 to 994 and 384 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.35% or 4.20 to $1191.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $47.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.54 to trade at $55.38 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.56% to 1.4870, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.7349.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 97.38.