Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Tobacco, Oil & Gas Producers and General Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 rose 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG), which rose 4.94% or 4.80 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. British American Tobacco PLC (LON:BATS) added 4.11% or 108.0 points to end at 2733.0 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) was up 3.63% or 36.39 points to 1039.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 4.49% or 116.00 points to trade at 2470.00 in late trade. RSA Insurance Group PLC (LON:RSA) declined 3.99% or 18.80 points to end at 452.90 and Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB) shed 2.85% or 60.0 points to 2049.0.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1097 to 1052 and 152 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.28% or 5.35 to $1905.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.78% or 0.31 to hit $39.23 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.19 to trade at $41.25 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.64% to 1.2732, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.9197.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.023.