Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Insurance, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 8.59% or 53.00 points to trade at 670.00 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 4.23% or 42.20 points to end at 1039.00 and Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) was up 4.07% or 77.50 points to 1981.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Travis Perkins PLC (LON:TPK), which lost 10.78% or 144.50 points to trade at 1196.00 in late trade. Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) declined 4.04% or 12.50 points to end at 296.70 and Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) shed 2.76% or 37.50 points to 1320.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1024 to 960 and 307 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.21% or 2.60 to $1223.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.48% or 1.04 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.66 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.03% to 1.3129, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.26.