Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Tobacco, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and General Industrial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB), which rose 4.64% or 279.00 points to trade at 6296.00 at the close. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) added 4.08% or 68.50 points to end at 1748.50 and Next PLC (LON:NXT) was up 2.84% or 134.00 points to 4858.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Old Mutual Ltd (LON:OMU), which lost 2.72% or 3.48 points to trade at 124.52 in late trade. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) declined 2.30% or 40.50 points to end at 1718.50 and International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) shed 2.11% or 14.00 points to 649.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1186 to 851 and 349 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.15% or 2.00 to $1329.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.88% or 0.49 to hit $56.47 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.25 to trade at $66.50 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.30% to 1.2928, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8750.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 96.620.