Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Oil & Gas Producers and Software & Computer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which rose 3.61% or 27.50 points to trade at 789.50 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) added 3.42% or 48.00 points to end at 1450.00 and EasyJet PLC (LON:EZJ) was up 3.06% or 32.000 points to 1076.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB), which lost 4.38% or 380.000 points to trade at 8295.000 in late trade. Dixons Carphone PLC (LON:DC) declined 2.58% or 8.90 points to end at 336.10 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) shed 2.26% or 5.000 points to 215.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1142 to 783 and 451 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was up 1.07% or 12.95 to $1217.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.03% or 0.55 to hit $52.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.65% or 0.36 to trade at $55.13 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.91% to 1.2487, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.57% at 100.20.