Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Household Goods & Home Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 3.99% or 17.20 points to trade at 448.00 at the close. Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) added 3.63% or 37.50 points to end at 1,069.50 and AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) was up 2.72% or 298.00 points to 11,270.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON:HRGV), which lost 2.34% or 17.80 points to trade at 744.00 in late trade. BT Group PLC (LON:BT) declined 2.17% or 2.60 points to end at 117.35 and Abrdn PLC (LON:ABDN) shed 1.58% or 2.60 points to 161.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 831 to 794 and 481 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.13% or 2.55 to $1,936.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.20% or 0.17 to hit $85.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.15 to trade at $89.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.22, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 105.99.