Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Unite Group PLC (LON:UTG), which rose 3.94% or 37.50 points to trade at 988.50 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) added 3.42% or 4.65 points to end at 140.50 and Londonmetric Property Plc (LON:LMPL) was up 2.37% or 4.80 points to 207.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Barclays PLC (LON:BARC), which lost 3.26% or 7.30 points to trade at 216.70 in late trade. Smurfit WestRock PLC (LON:SWR) declined 3.05% or 105.00 points to end at 3,342.00 and Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) shed 2.88% or 13.60 points to 458.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1023 to 757 and 697 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 7.50 to $2,540.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 4.31% or 2.96 to hit $65.75 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 3.79% or 2.72 to trade at $69.12 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 101.64.