Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Industrial Metals & Mining and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which rose 4.70% or 9.30 points to trade at 207.10 at the close. Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) added 3.63% or 97.0 points to end at 2769.0 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) was up 3.03% or 62.00 points to 2108.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which lost 9.23% or 21.50 points to trade at 211.40 in late trade. Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL) declined 3.54% or 12.40 points to end at 337.60 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) shed 2.46% or 23.20 points to 918.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1391 to 799 and 202 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.36% or 4.65 to $1272.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $63.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.93 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.05% to 1.2732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8766.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 97.877.