Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Mobile Telecommunications and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which rose 4.12% or 27.50 points to trade at 695.60 at the close. Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) added 3.94% or 120.00 points to end at 3,167.00 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN) was up 3.35% or 68.00 points to 2,100.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 5.50% or 32.50 points to trade at 558.00 in late trade. Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) declined 5.45% or 40.40 points to end at 701.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) shed 4.22% or 116.00 points to 2,634.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 995 to 688 and 741 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 2.09% or 49.30 to $2,308.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.90% or 0.74 to hit $81.89 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.90 to trade at $86.30 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.44% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 106.06.