Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the FTSE 350 Household Goods, FTSE 350 General Retailers and FTSE 350 Electronic & Electrical Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Experian PLC (LON:EXPN), which rose 3.74% or 143.00 points to trade at 3,966.00 at the close. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust PLC (LON:SMT) added 3.73% or 37.50 points to end at 1,042.00 and Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC (LON:SPX) was up 3.71% or 285.00 points to 7,960.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beazley PLC (LON:BEZG), which fell 2.46% or 20.50 points to trade at 812.00 in late trade. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 2.21% or 37.50 points to end at 1,659.00 and Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) down 2.16% or 14.50 points to 657.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 1170 to 616 and 609 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.03% or 28.40 to $2,794.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $76.17 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.52% to 1.24, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 107.76.