Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Mining, Electrical and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK), which rose 6.15% or 284.00 points to trade at 4,905.00 at the close. Endeavour Mining PLC (LON:EDV) added 4.24% or 58.00 points to end at 1,426.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 3.82% or 8.80 points to 239.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT), which lost 9.36% or 536.00 points to trade at 5,192.00 in late trade. RS Group PLC (LON:RS1R) declined 3.51% or 26.40 points to end at 726.40 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) shed 3.29% or 60.50 points to 1,777.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1036 to 757 and 646 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.51% or 10.85 to $2,137.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.34% or 0.27 to hit $78.47 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.38 to trade at $82.42 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 103.71.