Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were J Sainsbury PLC (LON:SBRY), which rose 2.95% or 5.55 points to trade at 193.90 at the close. Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) added 0.93% or 13.00 points to end at 1412.00 and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) was up 0.87% or 10.50 points to 1214.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF), which lost 3.19% or 6.20 points to trade at 188.00 in late trade. United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) declined 2.73% or 21.80 points to end at 775.60 and BT Group PLC (LON:BT) shed 2.71% or 4.54 points to 162.84.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1205 to 893 and 215 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.24% or 3.65 to $1515.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.29% or 0.16 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.14 to trade at $59.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.37% to 1.2170, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.9121.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 98.050.