Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, General Industrial and Beverage sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were GSK plc (LON:GSK), which rose 1.06% or 14.00 points to trade at 1,333.50 at the close. HALEON PLC (LON:HLN) added 1.00% or 3.80 points to end at 384.70 and Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) was up 0.64% or 17.00 points to 2,672.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL), which lost 5.68% or 202.00 points to trade at 3,356.00 in late trade. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) declined 2.77% or 2.74 points to end at 96.24 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) shed 2.66% or 23.40 points to 856.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1258 to 551 and 606 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.54% or 14.46 to $2,655.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.11% or 1.49 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 1.07 to trade at $72.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 106.51.