U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 1.25%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Automobiles&Parts and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 1.25% to hit a new 3-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were ConvaTec Group PLC (LON:CTEC), which rose 22.07% or 47.80 points to trade at 264.40 at the close. DCC plc (LON:DCC) added 14.18% or 704.00 points to end at 5,670.00 and Rightmove PLC (LON:RMV) was up 2.64% or 15.60 points to 607.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD), which lost 8.19% or 5.98 points to trade at 67.02 in late trade. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 7.84% or 53.00 points to end at 623.00 and Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTYV) shed 5.56% or 42.00 points to 713.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1359 to 473 and 630 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.70% or 18.25 to $2,599.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.34% or 0.23 to hit $68.27 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.32% or 0.23 to trade at $72.06 a barrel.

GBP/USD was down 1.09% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.57% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 106.05.