Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Forestry & Paper and General Industrial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN), which rose 4.57% or 30.60 points to trade at 700.00 at the close. Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) added 2.23% or 11.60 points to end at 531.00 and Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) was up 2.23% or 38.50 points to 1765.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which lost 6.18% or 294.00 points to trade at 4460.00 in late trade. Intu Properties PLC (LON:INTUP) declined 4.44% or 4.38 points to end at 94.28 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) shed 2.62% or 8.20 points to 304.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1038 to 943 and 404 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.27% or 3.45 to $1284.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.57% or 0.36 to hit $63.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.87% or 0.62 to trade at $72.16 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.81% to 1.3041, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 97.235.