Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Industrial Metals & Mining and Beverage sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 4.81% or 32.00 points to trade at 701.44 at the close. Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV) added 4.22% or 54.00 points to end at 1334.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.71% or 38.000 points to 1061.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which lost 4.03% or 192.00 points to trade at 4570.50 in late trade. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) declined 3.24% or 138.00 points to end at 4125.00 and Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) shed 3.14% or 112.00 points to 3451.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1206 to 713 and 420 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.38% or 16.55 to $1212.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.61% or 0.32 to hit $52.69 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $55.87 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 2.81% to 1.2387, while EUR/GBP fell 1.90% to 0.8634.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.06% at 100.45.