Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Melrose Industries PLC (LON:), which rose 7.66% or 40.40 points to trade at 567.60 at the close. Intertek Group PLC (LON:) added 3.32% or 150.00 points to end at 4,662.00 and Imperial Brands PLC (LON:) was up 1.60% or 41.00 points to 2,605.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beazley PLC (LON:), which lost 3.57% or 28.00 points to trade at 756.00 in late trade. Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:) declined 3.48% or 74.00 points to end at 2,054.00 and Glencore PLC (LON:) shed 2.84% or 11.05 points to 378.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1134 to 646 and 640 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.33% or 8.59 to $2,651.19 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.23% or 0.16 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.21% or 0.15 to trade at $72.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 107.00.
