Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Tobacco, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which rose 7.79% or 11.24 points to trade at 155.60 at the close. Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) added 4.49% or 80.50 points to end at 1873.50 and Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) was up 4.23% or 53.00 points to 1307.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS), which lost 4.25% or 126.00 points to trade at 2836.50 in late trade. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 2.77% or 14.60 points to end at 513.50 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) shed 2.69% or 16.60 points to 599.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1098 to 1012 and 271 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.00 to $1203.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.25% or 2.55 to hit $57.38 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 4.21% or 2.95 to trade at $67.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.45% to 1.3035, while EUR/GBP fell 0.82% to 0.8658.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.96.