Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the FTSE 350 Fixed Line Telecommuniations, FTSE 350 Life Insurance and FTSE 350 Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were BT Group PLC (LON:BT), which rose 3.49% or 5.05 points to trade at 149.80 at the close. Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) added 3.08% or 74.00 points to end at 2,475.00 and Land Securities Group PLC (LON:LAND) was up 2.05% or 12.00 points to 596.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Diploma PLC (LON:DPLM), which fell 7.98% or 362.00 points to trade at 4,174.00 in late trade. Melrose Industries PLC (LON:MRON) declined 2.77% or 14.60 points to end at 512.00 and Prudential PLC (LON:PRU) down 2.38% or 15.20 points to 624.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1037 to 748 and 663 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
Shares in Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.08% or 74.00 to 2,475.00.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.66% or 17.20 to $2,631.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.08% or 0.06 to trade at $73.24 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.14.