Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Automobiles & Parts and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV), which rose 10.13% or 161.00 points to trade at 1750.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 7.86% or 20.80 points to end at 285.60 and JSC VTB Bank DRC (LON:VTBRq) was up 6.18% or 0.060 points to 1.031 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which lost 3.33% or 87.0 points to trade at 2527.0 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 2.92% or 272.0 points to end at 9048.0 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) shed 2.88% or 18.40 points to 621.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1263 to 906 and 140 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.49% or 27.15 to $1844.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.15% or 0.88 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.20% or 0.95 to trade at $44.23 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.76% to 1.2756, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.9042.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 95.032.