Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Metals & Mining and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were B&M European Value Retail SA (LON:BMEB), which rose 4.34% or 19.40 points to trade at 466.00 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) added 3.53% or 4.05 points to end at 118.70 and DS Smith PLC (LON:SMDS) was up 3.45% or 14.60 points to 438.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 5.30% or 39.40 points to trade at 704.60 in late trade. Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) declined 4.81% or 125.00 points to end at 2,473.00 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) shed 3.67% or 38.00 points to 997.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 942 to 842 and 713 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.41% or 34.35 to $2,463.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.16% or 0.94 to hit $79.90 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.90 to trade at $83.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.30, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.09.