U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.30% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mining, Aerospace & Defense and General Industrial sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.30%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Tui AG (LON:TUIT), which rose 4.41% or 18.30 points to trade at 433.30 at the close. HSBC Holdings PLC (LON:HSBA) added 4.17% or 17.65 points to end at 440.40 and Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) was up 1.90% or 52.0 points to 2796.0 in late trade.

Biggest losers included AVEVA Group PLC (LON:AVV), which lost 5.43% or 212.0 points to trade at 3695.0 in late trade. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) declined 4.53% or 4.88 points to end at 102.94 and Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) shed 4.37% or 107.0 points to 2341.0.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1343 to 893 and 221 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.75 to $1778.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.79% or 0.49 to hit $62.40 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.42 to trade at $65.45 a barrel.

GBP/USD was up 0.06% to 1.3904, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8682.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 90.922.