Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.70% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 1.96% or 11.20 points to trade at 582.60 at the close. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) added 0.92% or 5.20 points to end at 571.60 and Halma PLC (LON:HLMA) was up 0.86% or 18.00 points to 2114.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG), which lost 3.93% or 195.00 points to trade at 4767.00 in late trade. Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) declined 3.84% or 124.00 points to end at 3108.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) shed 3.74% or 9.15 points to 235.65.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1584 to 570 and 174 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.02% or 14.95 to $1484.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $56.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.17 to trade at $61.09 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.55% to 1.3007, while EUR/GBP fell 0.41% to 0.8526.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 97.620.