Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Household Goods & Home Construction and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Severn Trent PLC (LON:SVT), which rose 1.99% or 51.00 points to trade at 2,617.00 at the close. GSK plc (LON:GSK) added 1.76% or 27.20 points to end at 1,576.20 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 1.75% or 32.50 points to 1,894.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN), which lost 4.30% or 62.50 points to trade at 1,391.50 in late trade. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd DRC (LON:0593xq) declined 3.63% or 53.00 points to end at 1,406.00 and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) shed 3.60% or 26.40 points to 708.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 887 to 731 and 493 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.14% or 2.85 to $2,036.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.71% or 1.92 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.51% or 1.91 to trade at $78.03 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 102.22.