Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Transportation and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 52.02% or 157.00 points to trade at 458.80 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 22.54% or 43.00 points to end at 233.80 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 19.34% or 107.80 points to 665.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 3.98% or 102.00 points to trade at 2460.00 in late trade. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) declined 3.60% or 324.0 points to end at 8672.0 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) shed 2.80% or 22.20 points to 771.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1645 to 578 and 119 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.79% or 31.05 to $1704.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.53% or 0.84 to hit $34.09 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.36 to trade at $35.89 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.24% to 1.2333, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.82% at 99.070.