Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.04% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 6.24% or 11.05 points to trade at 188.05 at the close. Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) added 5.12% or 11.05 points to end at 227.05 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 2.52% or 9.40 points to 383.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO), which lost 2.89% or 107.00 points to trade at 3592.00 in late trade. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.81% or 42.00 points to end at 1455.00 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 2.62% or 25.50 points to 949.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1091 to 884 and 416 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.00% or 0.02 to $1278.88 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.17% or 1.23 to hit $55.53 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.07% or 1.31 to trade at $61.85 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.26% to 1.3149, while EUR/GBP rose 0.57% to 0.8947.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.91.