Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG), which rose 27.70% or 88.50 points to trade at 408.00 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 2.01% or 135.00 points to end at 6850.00 and Kingfisher PLC (LON:KGF) was up 1.21% or 3.70 points to 308.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which lost 1.99% or 47.00 points to trade at 2321.00 in late trade. Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) declined 1.88% or 25.00 points to end at 1307.00 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) shed 1.27% or 8.00 points to 623.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1167 to 747 and 422 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 4.71 to $1223.91 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $47.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.08% or 0.04 to trade at $49.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.15% to 1.2921, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.01.