Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Electrical, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 2.67% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 13.41% or 23.35 points to trade at 197.45 at the close. Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) added 0.58% or 1.15 points to end at 199.90 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 0.09% or 1.50 points to 1643.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Life Aberdeen PLC (LON:SLA), which lost 5.10% or 21.30 points to trade at 396.00 in late trade. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 5.06% or 184.00 points to end at 3451.00 and Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) shed 4.76% or 27.80 points to 556.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1880 to 281 and 48 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.34% or 4.60 to $1331.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.44% or 0.28 to hit $63.87 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.48 to trade at $67.14 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.03% to 1.3962, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 89.47.