Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.77% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 3.35% or 11.40 points to trade at 352.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 2.84% or 47.00 points to end at 1704.50 and Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) was up 2.82% or 23.80 points to 867.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which lost 4.46% or 4.54 points to trade at 97.16 in late trade. EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) declined 3.86% or 47.00 points to end at 1172.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 3.39% or 34.20 points to 974.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1163 to 930 and 328 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.05 to $1274.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.99% or 0.65 to hit $66.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.32 to trade at $74.36 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.30% to 1.2943, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8662.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 97.322.