Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the General Retailers, Household Goods & Home Construction and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT), which rose 2.52% or 63.00 points to trade at 2,564.00 at the close. Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP) added 1.77% or 74.00 points to end at 4,246.00 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) was up 1.74% or 2.40 points to 140.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 4.54% or 40.80 points to trade at 857.40 in late trade. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 4.30% or 20.40 points to end at 454.25 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) shed 3.73% or 336.00 points to 8,674.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1084 to 723 and 684 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.26% or 6.05 to $2,369.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 1.02 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 1.13 to trade at $84.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.28, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.83.