Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Life Insurance/Assurance and General Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.42% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were St. James’s Place PLC (LON:SJP), which rose 2.76% or 30.00 points to trade at 1117.00 at the close. WPP PLC (LON:WPP) added 2.76% or 24.40 points to end at 909.60 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) was up 2.73% or 46.50 points to 1748.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which lost 2.66% or 8.30 points to trade at 303.80 in late trade. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) declined 2.49% or 45.00 points to end at 1759.00 and Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) shed 1.88% or 2.05 points to 107.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1311 to 746 and 327 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.10% or 14.25 to $1277.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.69 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.19 to trade at $71.37 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.3054, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8647.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.672.