Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Banking and General Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Flutter Entertainment PLC (LON:FLTRF), which rose 2.82% or 360.00 points to trade at 13,150.00 at the close. Admiral Group PLC (LON:ADML) added 1.67% or 43.00 points to end at 2,625.00 and Tesco PLC (LON:TSCO) was up 1.25% or 3.70 points to 300.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which lost 5.72% or 73.50 points to trade at 1,212.00 in late trade. Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) declined 5.09% or 33.20 points to end at 619.00 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) shed 2.57% or 1.16 points to 43.83.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1145 to 916 and 376 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.32% or 6.60 to $2,058.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.62% or 0.45 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.41 to trade at $77.88 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.27, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 102.32.