Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Financial Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Pearson PLC (LON:PSON), which rose 7.32% or 45.50 points to trade at 667.00 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 2.67% or 16.50 points to end at 635.50 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 2.25% or 26.00 points to 1182.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merlin Entertainments PLC (LON:MERL), which lost 15.94% or 71.70 points to trade at 378.00 in late trade. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 4.37% or 29.50 points to end at 645.50 and Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA) shed 3.88% or 17.30 points to 429.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1136 to 797 and 440 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.20% or 15.60 to $1287.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.83% or 0.43 to hit $51.44 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.42 to trade at $57.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.52% to 1.3184, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8917.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 93.47.