Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND), which rose 3.07% or 32.00 points to trade at 1074.00 at the close. Sports Direct International PLC (LON:SPD) added 2.69% or 6.900 points to end at 263.000 and Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) was up 2.64% or 8.80 points to 341.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which lost 3.49% or 6.5000 points to trade at 179.9000 in late trade. Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) declined 3.47% or 85.500 points to end at 2377.000 and Weir Group PLC (LON:WEIR) shed 3.03% or 47.00 points to 1502.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1077 to 972 and 433 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.23% or 3.05 to $1332.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.76% or 0.35 to hit $45.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.40% or 0.19 to trade at $46.77 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 1.13% to 1.3106, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8400.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 97.14.