Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Aerospace & Defense, General Retailers and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.25% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 1.71% or 83.00 points to trade at 4947.00 at the close. AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN) added 1.23% or 60.00 points to end at 4930.00 and Diageo PLC (LON:DGE) was up 0.82% or 21.00 points to 2580.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB), which lost 7.32% or 59.50 points to trade at 753.00 in late trade. Coca Cola HBC AG (LON:CCH) declined 4.45% or 115.0 points to end at 2470.0 and BAE Systems PLC (LON:BAES) shed 3.42% or 19.00 points to 537.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1392 to 567 and 450 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.33% or 4.17 to $1278.37 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.12% or 0.07 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.24 to trade at $63.28 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.72% to 1.3097, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.8900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 94.48.