Investing.com – U.K. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Software & Computer Services and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Intertek Group PLC (LONDON:ITRK), which rose 11.20% or 274.00 points to trade at 2721.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LONDON:RR) added 5.92% or 47.00 points to end at 841.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LONDON:ICAG) was up 3.18% or 17.00 points to 551.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Anglo American PLC (LONDON:AAL), which fell 3.97% or 32.20 points to trade at 779.00 at the close. BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) declined 3.85% or 45.50 points to end at 1137.00 and Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) was down 3.68% or 7.65 points to 200.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1286 to 1256 and 505 ended unchanged.
Shares in Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) fell to all time lows; falling 3.68% or 7.65 to 200.35.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.42% or 4.60 to $1090.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.14% or 1.48 to hit $45.64 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.32% or 2.25 to trade at $49.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.18% to 1.5600, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.7024.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.54.