Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Travel & Leisure and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), which rose 2.82% or 258.0 points to trade at 9396.0 at the close. Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) added 2.26% or 61.0 points to end at 2764.0 and Rentokil Initial PLC (LON:RTO) was up 2.12% or 12.60 points to 607.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which lost 8.64% or 43.70 points to trade at 462.30 in late trade. Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF) declined 7.37% or 1035.0 points to end at 13000.0 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 5.32% or 76.50 points to 1361.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1323 to 1049 and 73 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.32% or 5.75 to $1790.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.02% or 0.86 to hit $83.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.43 to trade at $84.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.41% to 1.3615, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8506.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.088.