Investing.com – United Kingdom equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the London close, the index was up 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the index came from stocks Bunzl PLC (LON: ), which soared 7.97% or 256.00 points to trade at 3,470.00 at the close of the session. Meanwhile, shares of EasyJet plc (LON: ) added 6.90% or 30.90 points to end the day at 478.80 and the stock The Smurfette Kappa Team PLC (LON: ), which advanced 2.97% or 101.00 points to settle at 3,505.00.
The worst performers of the session were stocks Barratt Developments PLC (LON: ), which declined 6.56% or 36.20 points to trade at 515.60 at the close. Berkeley Group Holdings plc (LON:) declined 4.32% or 225.00 points to end at 4,980.00, and Date fruit PLC (LON: ) traded down 4.31% or 73.50 points to 1,632.00.
On the London Stock Exchange, gainers outnumbered decliners by 939 to 833, while 701 ended unchanged.
Bunzl PLC (LON:) shares hit all-time high; 7.97% or 256.00 up to 3,470.00.
Gold futures for December delivery were down 0.35%, or 8.95, at $2,546.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere, crude for delivery in October was down 1.99%, or 1.54, at $75.88 a barrel, while Brent crude futures for delivery in November were down 1.70%, or 1.37, at $78.99 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.33% at 1.32 and EUR/GBP was up 0.32% at 0.84.
The dollar futures index, meanwhile, rose 0.09% to 100.65.
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