Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Media and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were SKY PLC (LONDON:SKYB), which rose 5.04% or 53.00 points to trade at 1105.00 at the close. ARM Holdings (LONDON:ARM) added 3.91% or 45.00 points to end at 1195.00 and Intercontinental Hotels Group (LONDON:IHG) was up 3.37% or 94.00 points to 2880.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Associated British Foods (LONDON:ABF), which lost 5.27% or 151.00 points to trade at 2712.00 in late trade. Petrofac (LONDON:PFC) declined 4.16% or 38.00 points to end at 874.50 and Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR) shed 3.60% or 68.00 points to 1822.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1626 to 937 and 469 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.39% or 4.60 to $1198.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.79% or 0.46 to hit $57.42 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.21% or 0.77 to trade at $62.69 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.33% to 1.4955, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.7191.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 98.02.