Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Tobacco and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 3.57% or 46.00 points to trade at 1335.50 at the close. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) added 2.48% or 9.10 points to end at 375.80 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) was up 1.77% or 26.60 points to 1531.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 4.03% or 7.70 points to trade at 183.45 in late trade. Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT) declined 3.39% or 60.50 points to end at 1725.50 and United Utilities Group PLC (LON:UU) shed 3.10% or 21.20 points to 663.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1076 to 834 and 151 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.30% or 4.00 to $1330.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.27% or 0.16 to hit $59.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $62.56 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.35% to 1.3888, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 89.54.