FTSE 100 Index, British benchmark stock market gauge decreased by 1.19 percent, or 73.49 points, to 6,091.23 points.
Share price of Berkeley Group Holdings increased by 2.56 percent, topping the gainers of the blue chips on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Randgold Resources, London Stock Exchange Group, Worldpay Group and Fresnillo increased by 2.10 percent, 1.00 percent, 0.90 percent and 0.77 percent respectively.
Glencore led the top losers of the blue chips with a share price drop of 5.31 percent, following by BHP Billiton (4.57 percent), Standard Chartered (4.28 percent), Anglo American (3.98 percent) and Standard Life (3.87 percent).
