Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Life Insurance/Assurance and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 3.49% or 5.05 points to trade at 149.80 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 3.08% or 74.00 points to end at 2,475.00 and Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) was up 2.05% or 12.00 points to 596.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM), which lost 7.98% or 362.00 points to trade at 4,174.00 in late trade. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) declined 2.77% or 14.60 points to end at 512.00 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) shed 2.38% or 15.20 points to 624.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1037 to 748 and 663 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 17.25 to $2,631.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $69.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $73.23 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 106.14.