Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.08% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which rose 1.37% or 93.00 points to trade at 6880.00 at the close. Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG) added 1.12% or 5.20 points to end at 470.00 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 0.96% or 23.0 points to 2424.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which lost 3.83% or 28.00 points to trade at 703.40 in late trade. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) declined 3.23% or 11.60 points to end at 347.80 and Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) shed 2.93% or 24.60 points to 814.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1498 to 544 and 149 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.04% or 0.60 to $1339.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.74% or 1.14 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.81 to trade at $68.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.43% to 1.4135, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8774.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 89.03.