Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 5.50% or 59.50 points to trade at 1,141.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) added 3.14% or 8.70 points to end at 285.40 and Tui AG (LON:TUIT) was up 2.65% or 12.90 points to 500.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 3.74% or 86.50 points to trade at 2,224.50 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 3.07% or 14.05 points to end at 443.65 and Rio Tinto PLC (LON:RIO) shed 2.70% or 151.00 points to 5,448.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 877 to 752 and 501 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 2.11% or 44.15 to $2,045.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.59% or 0.44 to hit $73.63 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.30 to trade at $78.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.55% to 1.26, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 103.64.