The London Stock Market shares were pushed higher by airlines and travel firms on Tuesday, after oil prices dropped to a five-month low, with the benchmark FTSE 100 index 17.9 points up at 5,620.7.
Supermarket chains Sainsbury and Next, one of the leading UK high street retailers, materialized rises of 6.09 percent and 5.59 percent respectively.
Commodity linked firms such as Tullow Oil, gas firm BG Group and miners Anglo American, Xstrata and Rio Tinto all fell, Tullow dropping more than 5 percent.
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London Stock Market Shares Rose and Fell
Commodity linked firms such as Tullow Oil, gas firm BG Group and miners Anglo American, Xstrata and Rio Tinto all fell,
