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By Khushi Singh
(Reuters) -The UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 tumbled on Tuesday to the lowest levels in over a week, hurt by a steep sell-off in commodity-linked stocks over lower metal and crude prices.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index ended 0.8% lower, its biggest one-day decline in two weeks. The domestically focused mid-cap FTSE 250 also lost 0.8%, touching its lowest levels in three weeks.
The precious metal miners touched near one-month low with a 3.7% fall, as gold prices eased on a firm dollar. [GOL/]
Heavyweight industrial metal miners hit near six-month lows with a 3.4% fall. The index was pressured by the lowest copper prices in nearly two weeks, driven down by concerns that a weak Chinese economy is curbing…
