Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, General Industrial and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.42% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 7.68% or 11.70 points to trade at 163.95 at the close. Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) added 1.87% or 110.00 points to end at 6000.00 and Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) was up 1.55% or 7.80 points to 512.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which lost 4.43% or 105.00 points to trade at 2267.00 in late trade. Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY) declined 3.69% or 80.00 points to end at 2085.00 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) shed 3.24% or 138.00 points to 4120.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1398 to 620 and 300 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1277.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.93% or 1.27 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.90% or 0.68 to trade at $74.66 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.60% to 1.3167, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.75.