Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Automobiles & Parts and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 5.27% or 54.00 points to trade at 1078.00 at the close. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) added 4.70% or 26.30 points to end at 585.80 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) was up 3.90% or 18.600 points to 495.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW), which lost 2.01% or 3.70 points to trade at 180.30 in late trade. Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) declined 1.74% or 55.00 points to end at 3113.00 and G4S PLC (LON:GFS) shed 1.66% or 3.20 points to 190.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1207 to 920 and 416 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.39% or 4.95 to $1261.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.46% or 1.07 to hit $44.51 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.76% or 1.64 to trade at $45.27 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.28% to 1.4448, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.7880.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.18.