Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Construction & Materials and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which rose 2.20% or 43.20 points to trade at 2004.00 at the close. BHP Group PLC (LON:BHPB) added 1.88% or 36.80 points to end at 1992.40 and Experian PLC (LON:EXPN) was up 1.69% or 40.00 points to 2405.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO), which lost 4.45% or 54.50 points to trade at 1170.50 in late trade. Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) declined 2.64% or 82.00 points to end at 3020.00 and CRH PLC (LON:CRH) shed 1.79% or 48.00 points to 2636.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1275 to 909 and 195 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.10% or 1.45 to $1398.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.70% or 0.40 to hit $57.91 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.33 to trade at $64.56 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.05% to 1.2517, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8961.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.947.