Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Fixed Line Telecommunications sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR), which rose 3.20% or 2.90 points to trade at 93.49 at the close. Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) added 2.88% or 274.00 points to end at 9,784.00 and Phoenix Group Holdings PLC (LON:PHNX) was up 2.55% or 15.20 points to 611.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which lost 6.30% or 45.40 points to trade at 675.40 in late trade. Mondi PLC (LON:MNDI) declined 4.74% or 73.00 points to end at 1,468.00 and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) shed 3.13% or 24.40 points to 755.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1251 to 525 and 458 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.10% or 1.80 to $1,783.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.34% or 3.34 to hit $73.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 4.57% or 3.78 to trade at $78.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.46.