Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Forestry & Paper sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Shire PLC (LON:SHP), which rose 3.42% or 130.00 points to trade at 3930.00 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 2.86% or 16.20 points to end at 581.80 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was up 2.30% or 12.00 points to 533.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which lost 4.85% or 355.00 points to trade at 6965.00 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 3.46% or 7.20 points to end at 201.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) shed 2.31% or 29.00 points to 1229.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1000 to 986 and 151 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.51% or 6.80 to $1330.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.51 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $74.75 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.27% to 1.3978, while EUR/GBP fell 0.16% to 0.8745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 90.63.