Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the lost 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:), which rose 4.10% or 88.00 points to trade at 2,236.00 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:) added 2.14% or 4.10 points to end at 196.00 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:) was up 1.35% or 76.00 points to 5,724.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Vistry Group PLC (LON:), which lost 24.31% or 309.50 points to trade at 963.50 in late trade. Anglo American PLC (LON:) declined 6.69% or 163.50 points to end at 2,281.50 and Antofagasta PLC (LON:) shed 5.15% or 102.50 points to 1,888.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1169 to 625 and 671 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.21% or 32.35 to $2,633.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.39% or 3.39 to hit $73.75 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.37% or 3.54 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.31, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 102.30.
