Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 9.77% or 12.90 points to trade at 145.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 5.07% or 81.60 points to end at 1692.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) was up 4.52% or 41.20 points to 952.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which lost 3.96% or 27.20 points to trade at 660.00 in late trade. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 2.93% or 21.40 points to end at 710.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) shed 2.74% or 74.0 points to 2626.0.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1257 to 736 and 133 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.16% or 2.10 to $1342.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.96% or 1.88 to hit $65.30 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.02% or 2.07 to trade at $70.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.25% to 1.4167, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8709.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.41.