Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 2.97% or 28.00 points to trade at 969.50 at the close. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) added 2.52% or 32.00 points to end at 1301.00 and Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) was up 1.76% or 43.00 points to 2491.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which lost 2.42% or 8.90 points to trade at 359.20 in late trade. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 2.35% or 113.50 points to end at 4710.00 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) shed 2.16% or 37.00 points to 1673.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1039 to 887 and 445 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.42% or 5.36 to $1256.04 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $51.31 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.01 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.10% to 1.2986, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8629.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 97.10.