Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Life Insurance/Assurance and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which rose 6.64% or 141.00 points to trade at 2,263.50 at the close. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) added 6.30% or 115.00 points to end at 1,940.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 4.55% or 219.50 points to 5,049.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN), which lost 5.22% or 95.00 points to trade at 1,725.00 in late trade. Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV) declined 1.85% or 25.00 points to end at 1,327.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) shed 1.47% or 40.00 points to 2,688.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 940 to 848 and 680 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.78% or 20.65 to $2,673.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.36% or 0.96 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.04 to trade at $74.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.34, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.10% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 100.28.