Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which rose 1.58% or 135.00 points to trade at 8660.00 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 1.35% or 72.00 points to end at 5416.00 and WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LON:MRW) was up 1.23% or 3.00 points to 247.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which lost 4.67% or 37.00 points to trade at 755.50 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 3.94% or 11.35 points to end at 276.60 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) shed 3.31% or 39.00 points to 1140.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1083 to 855 and 428 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1245.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.45% or 1.09 to hit $43.34 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.17% or 1.02 to trade at $45.89 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.94% to 1.2618, while EUR/GBP rose 0.73% to 0.8815.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 97.49.