Investing.com – U.K. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, Automobiles & Parts and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Coca Cola HBC AG (LONDON:CCH), which rose 4.30% or 61.0 points to trade at 1480.0 at the close. Land Securities Group Plc (LONDON:LAND) added 3.97% or 52.00 points to end at 1363.00 and Intu Properties Plc (LONDON:INTUP) was up 3.12% or 10.70 points to 354.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bhp Billiton (LONDON:BLT), which lost 3.93% or 57.50 points to trade at 1405.50 in late trade. Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) declined 3.53% or 28.00 points to end at 764.50 and Vodafone Group PLC (LONDON:VOD) shed 3.20% or 7.50 points to 226.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1788 to 843 and 417 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.63% or 20.00 to $1207.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.02% or 1.82 to hit $58.42 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.81% or 1.86 to trade at $64.41 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.88% to 1.5516, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7185.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.19% at 95.34.