Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Electrical and Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 22.46% or 168.00 points to trade at 916.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 4.12% or 51.00 points to end at 1288.00 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 1.49% or 55.00 points to 3750.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CRH PLC (LON:CRH), which lost 2.61% or 73.00 points to trade at 2720.00 in late trade. Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) declined 2.02% or 140.00 points to end at 6805.00 and Worldpay Group PLC (LON:WPG) shed 1.99% or 8.50 points to 419.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 66 to 42 and 9 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.07% or 13.84 to $1311.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.28% or 1.57 to hit $46.30 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.25% or 0.65 to trade at $51.33 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.41% to 1.2932, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.9261.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 92.18.