U.K. shares lower at close of trade; Investing.com United Kingdom 100 down 0.72%

Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Travel&Leisure, Food Producers and Beverage sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.72%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO), which rose 9.79% or 36.60 points to trade at 410.40 at the close. JD Sports Fashion PLC (LON:JD) added 5.43% or 6.60 points to end at 128.05 and Intermediate Capital Group PLC (LON:ICGIN) was up 3.19% or 74.00 points to 2,394.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF), which lost 7.35% or 1,175.00 points to trade at 14,815.00 in late trade. Entain PLC (LON:ENT) declined 4.70% or 33.20 points to end at 674.00 and Persimmon PLC (LON:PSN) shed 3.01% or 44.50 points to 1,436.50.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 956 to 860 and 694 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.11% or 25.95 to $2,360.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.53% or 1.97 to hit $79.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 0.95 to trade at $83.83 a barrel.

GBP/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.28, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.36.