Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Life Insurance/Assurance and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU), which rose 1.59% or 11.80 points to trade at 751.40 at the close. Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) added 1.24% or 24.50 points to end at 1994.50 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) was up 1.17% or 5.50 points to 477.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which lost 6.97% or 66.40 points to trade at 886.40 in late trade. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 2.95% or 45.00 points to end at 1481.50 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) shed 2.65% or 3.70 points to 135.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1148 to 856 and 322 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1202.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.67% or 0.45 to hit $66.75 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.31 to trade at $72.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.44% to 1.2714, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 96.59.