Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Insurance, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.62% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF), which rose 2.05% or 300.00 points to trade at 14,950.00 at the close. 3I Group PLC (LON:III) added 1.98% or 59.00 points to end at 3,045.00 and Croda International PLC (LON:CRDA) was up 1.54% or 60.00 points to 3,959.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG), which lost 5.24% or 36.00 points to trade at 650.50 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 2.94% or 4.15 points to end at 137.15 and J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY) shed 2.87% or 7.40 points to 250.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1052 to 710 and 717 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.32% or 7.50 to $2,331.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.29% or 0.24 to hit $83.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $86.54 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 105.52.