Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Automobiles & Parts and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Provident Financial (LON:PFG), which rose 4.28% or 38.00 points to trade at 925.00 at the close. Standard Life PLC (LON:SLA) added 2.08% or 9.10 points to end at 446.30 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 1.88% or 72.50 points to 3920.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 4.46% or 25.50 points to trade at 546.00 in late trade. GKN PLC (LON:GKN) declined 3.43% or 10.90 points to end at 307.10 and Bunzl PLC (LON:BNZL) shed 2.89% or 66.00 points to 2218.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1010 to 976 and 428 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 1.10 to $1305.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.89% or 0.46 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.10% or 0.63 to trade at $57.80 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.04% to 1.3283, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 92.99.