Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 3.63% or 63.50 points to trade at 1812.00 at the close. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) added 3.25% or 26.80 points to end at 852.80 and Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) was up 2.69% or 69.0 points to 2633.0 in late trade.
Biggest losers included HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA), which lost 4.01% or 26.60 points to trade at 637.10 in late trade. Mediclinic International PLC (LON:MDCM) declined 2.82% or 9.00 points to end at 310.60 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) shed 2.52% or 13.20 points to 511.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1187 to 855 and 337 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.64% or 21.65 to $1343.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.71% or 0.40 to hit $56.38 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.31 to trade at $66.19 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.07% to 1.3059, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.297.