Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Industrial Transportation and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC), which rose 3.11% or 4.00 points to trade at 132.75 at the close. Capita PLC (LON:CPI) added 2.88% or 3.40 points to end at 121.40 and Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) was up 2.53% or 66.00 points to 2675.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Mail PLC (LON:RMG), which lost 2.78% or 7.10 points to trade at 248.20 in late trade. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 2.36% or 7.50 points to end at 309.90 and Intertek Group PLC (LON:ITRK) shed 1.99% or 95.00 points to 4670.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1173 to 893 and 338 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.54% or 6.95 to $1298.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.21% or 0.12 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.14 to trade at $66.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.51% to 1.3083, while EUR/GBP rose 0.96% to 0.8632.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 96.925.