Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Industrial Transportation and Electrical sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Meggitt PLC (LON:MGGT), which rose 5.30% or 14.00 points to trade at 278.30 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (LON:ICAG) added 4.45% or 5.72 points to end at 134.35 and Ocado Group PLC (LON:OCDO) was up 3.93% or 89.00 points to 2355.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 3.59% or 48.50 points to trade at 1303.50 in late trade. BP PLC (LON:BP) declined 1.89% or 4.95 points to end at 257.10 and Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A (LON:RDSa) shed 1.86% or 20.26 points to 1066.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1218 to 951 and 169 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.88% or 17.10 to $1965.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $37.32 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.23% or 0.09 to trade at $39.74 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.57% to 1.2866, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.9222.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 93.058.