Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mobile Telecommunications and Food Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 5.92% or 77.50 points to trade at 1386.00 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 4.37% or 34.50 points to end at 824.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 4.04% or 140.500 points to 3615.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which lost 20.80% or 79.550 points to trade at 303.000 in late trade. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 8.83% or 95.000 points to end at 981.000 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) shed 6.28% or 21.10 points to 315.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1040 to 885 and 436 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.26% or 3.15 to $1212.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.38% or 0.73 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.49 to trade at $55.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.01% to 1.2531, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8581.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 100.06.