Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.86%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Smiths Group PLC (LON:SMIN), which rose 8.78% or 114.00 points to trade at 1412.00 at the close. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) added 7.27% or 66.8 points to end at 985.8 and Ferguson Plc (LON:FERG) was up 2.26% or 146.0 points to 6612.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa), which lost 3.94% or 52.8 points to trade at 1287.0 in late trade. Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) declined 3.79% or 51.01 points to end at 1293.50 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC B (LON:RDSb) shed 3.68% or 46.8 points to 1224.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1206 to 982 and 129 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.03% or 18.35 to $1799.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.20 to hit $39.90 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $41.86 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.74% to 1.2387, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.9081.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 97.282.