Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Materials, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 3.13% or 132.00 points to trade at 4347.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 3.00% or 42.50 points to end at 1458.50 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 2.51% or 40.20 points to 1643.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which lost 5.03% or 31.20 points to trade at 589.00 in late trade. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) declined 3.52% or 24.60 points to end at 673.20 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) shed 3.05% or 6.10 points to 193.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1105 to 868 and 334 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.52% or 6.60 to $1262.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 3.22% or 2.19 to hit $70.27 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.90% or 1.42 to trade at $75.97 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.32% to 1.3236, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 94.23.