Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Oil & Gas Producers and Healthcare Equipment & Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 2.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BP PLC (LON:BP), which rose 5.17% or 26.90 points to trade at 547.00 at the close. Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) added 3.87% or 70.00 points to end at 1878.00 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) was up 3.73% or 100.00 points to 2780.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP), which lost 2.79% or 3.35 points to trade at 116.75 in late trade. Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) declined 1.14% or 6.00 points to end at 519.80 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) shed 1.00% or 1.35 points to 134.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1458 to 647 and 293 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.10% or 1.35 to $1317.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.25% or 0.68 to hit $53.88 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.45% or 0.28 to trade at $62.23 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.64% to 1.2952, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.833.