Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Food & Drug Retailers and Mining sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO), which rose 4.10% or 7.25 points to trade at 184.20 at the close. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) added 3.10% or 112.00 points to end at 3725.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) was up 2.43% or 84.00 points to 3539.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which lost 66.22% or 1155.50 points to trade at 589.50 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 1.95% or 4.80 points to end at 241.90 and Capita PLC (LON:CPI) shed 1.90% or 12.50 points to 646.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1207 to 658 and 491 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 3.75 to $1292.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.65% or 0.31 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.26 to trade at $51.92 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.52% to 1.2835, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.9167.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 93.35.