Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Standard Life PLC (LON:SL), which rose 5.68% or 21.50 points to trade at 400.00 at the close. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) added 1.95% or 5.80 points to end at 303.60 and Taylor Wimpey PLC (LON:TW) was up 1.69% or 3.10 points to 186.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN), which lost 3.47% or 11.75 points to trade at 326.50 in late trade. Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) declined 2.71% or 34.50 points to end at 1238.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) shed 2.59% or 6.40 points to 240.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1074 to 884 and 431 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.04% or 0.55 to $1227.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.39% or 0.21 to hit $53.12 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $55.85 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.53% to 1.2239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.8649.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 101.66.