Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Industrial Engineering and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.58% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Life PLC (LON:SL), which rose 6.75% or 21.500 points to trade at 340.000 at the close. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) added 4.12% or 7.600 points to end at 192.300 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was up 3.73% or 36.50 points to 1016.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Legal & General Group PLC (LON:LGEN), which lost 5.55% or 12.100 points to trade at 206.000 in late trade. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) declined 2.37% or 87.00 points to end at 3589.00 and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (LON:ADN) shed 2.27% or 7.60 points to 328.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1543 to 621 and 400 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.30% or 4.05 to $1345.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.07 to hit $43.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.05 to trade at $45.34 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.26% to 1.3005, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.20% at 96.10.