Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.89% or 20.00 points to trade at 534.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 3.46% or 24.50 points to end at 732.50 and Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK) was up 2.51% or 38.00 points to 1554.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which lost 6.54% or 46.600 points to trade at 665.700 in late trade. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 5.99% or 48.00 points to end at 754.00 and Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) shed 3.01% or 41.00 points to 1322.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1128 to 801 and 405 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1238.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.86% or 1.00 to hit $54.78 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.58% or 0.89 to trade at $57.07 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.10% to 1.2472, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.8458.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 101.36.