Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Household Goods & Home Construction and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which rose 4.32% or 26.80 points to trade at 647.50 at the close. Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) added 4.22% or 49.00 points to end at 1,210.50 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) was up 1.96% or 17.40 points to 906.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 5.50% or 183.50 points to trade at 3,154.00 in late trade. BHP Group PLC (LON:BHPB) declined 3.64% or 104.00 points to end at 2,751.00 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) shed 3.55% or 52.00 points to 1,415.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1287 to 540 and 462 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.29% or 5.35 to $1,844.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.25% or 0.19 to hit $76.74 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.81 to trade at $83.26 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.66% to 1.21, while EUR/GBP fell 0.89% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 104.04.