Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Construction & Materials and Mobile Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which rose 3.03% or 17.60 points to trade at 598.00 at the close. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) added 3.02% or 72.00 points to end at 2460.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.65% or 4.90 points to 302.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which lost 5.76% or 22.50 points to trade at 368.00 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 4.49% or 11.80 points to end at 251.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) shed 3.95% or 10.05 points to 244.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1226 to 815 and 321 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1228.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.50% or 1.58 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.30% or 1.68 to trade at $71.49 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.34% to 1.3085, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8726.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.10.