Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Household Goods & Home Construction and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 3.75% or 358.00 points to trade at 9,912.00 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) added 3.64% or 3.56 points to end at 101.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) was up 2.66% or 7.90 points to 304.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which lost 4.46% or 5.35 points to trade at 114.60 in late trade. Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV) declined 4.37% or 25.00 points to end at 547.00 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) shed 4.10% or 32.40 points to 758.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1054 to 721 and 622 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.73% or 19.29 to $2,666.69 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.87% or 0.64 to hit $74.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.89% or 0.68 to trade at $76.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 108.29.