Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Sports Direct Intl Plc (LONDON:SPD), which rose 3.20% or 22.50 points to trade at 725.00 at the close. Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) added 2.86% or 51.00 points to end at 1836.00 and Marks & Spencer Group (LONDON:MKS) was up 2.73% or 15.00 points to 564.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bunzl Plc (LONDON:BNZL), which lost 2.06% or 39.00 points to trade at 1852.00 in late trade. TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT) declined 1.36% or 16.00 points to end at 1164.00 and Barratt Developments Plc (LONDON:BDEV) shed 1.17% or 7.50 points to 632.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1599 to 1027 and 450 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.55% or 6.50 to $1177.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.08% or 0.65 to hit $61.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.54% or 0.97 to trade at $64.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.58% to 1.5732, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.7102.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.12% at 95.58.