© Reuters. UK indexes closed lower; Investing.com’s UK 100 fell 0.16%
Investing.com – UK stocks closed lower on Tuesday; declines in , , and sectors led the index lower.
At the close in London, the index was down 0.16%.
The best value of the session at was johnson matthey PLC (LON:) was up 4.06% or 88.00 points to 2.00 at the close. they follow him Diageo PLC (LON:), which was up 3.21%, or 109.50 points, closed at 3.00, and Compass Group PLC (LON:), which gained 1.29% or 24.50 points to end the session at 1.00.
To the tail of the index ends Ocado Group PLC (LON:), which fell 5.33% or 36.40 points to close at 646.00. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd DRC (LON:), meanwhile, fell 3.97% to 51.00 points to close at 1.00, while Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:) dropped 3.10%, 3.38 points , ending at 105.74.
The red figure beat the green figure on the London Stock Exchange by a margin of 1,122 to 725, with 468 flat closes.
Gold futures for February delivery rose 0.38%, or 7.35, to $1.00 per troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities, crude for delivery in March gained 1.35%, or 1.05, to hit $78.95 a barrel, while Brent oil for delivery in April gained 1.16%, or 0.98, to hit $85.48 a barrel. .
GBP/USD was flat 0.20% to 1.23 while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.43% to 0.88.
The dollar index was down 0.19% to 101.89.
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