Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, General Industrial and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), which rose 2.79% or 14.20 points to trade at 523.60 at the close. ITV PLC (LON:ITV) added 2.25% or 3.00 points to end at 136.50 and WPP PLC (LON:WPP) was up 2.09% or 17.80 points to 870.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which lost 3.11% or 23.00 points to trade at 715.80 in late trade. Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) declined 2.36% or 14.60 points to end at 605.20 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) shed 2.15% or 18.80 points to 857.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1241 to 857 and 329 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.52% or 6.75 to $1308.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.54% or 0.35 to hit $64.05 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.58% or 0.41 to trade at $70.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.3042, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8642.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 96.588.