Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Electrical and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS), which rose 5.71% or 11.300 points to trade at 209.100 at the close. Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) added 4.59% or 9.95 points to end at 226.75 and HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) was up 4.36% or 27.300 points to 654.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 3.90% or 48.50 points to trade at 1194.50 in late trade. Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) declined 2.88% or 89.00 points to end at 3004.00 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) shed 2.58% or 215.000 points to 8135.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1269 to 1011 and 417 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.62% or 7.35 to $1169.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.01% or 1.04 to hit $50.75 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.04 to trade at $53.90 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8446.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 100.58.