Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Automobiles & Parts and Food Producers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM), which rose 5.43% or 32.20 points to trade at 624.80 at the close. GKN PLC (LON:GKN) added 4.29% or 19.30 points to end at 469.60 and Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) was up 4.14% or 107.00 points to 2690.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which lost 3.19% or 191.00 points to trade at 5806.00 in late trade. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 1.96% or 17.20 points to end at 860.60 and British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) shed 1.92% or 77.50 points to 3965.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1188 to 795 and 133 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 3.00 to $1347.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.14% or 0.09 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $71.44 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.32% to 1.4293, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8637.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.34.