Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Next PLC (LON:NXT), which rose 2.47% or 102.00 points to trade at 4232.00 at the close. Centrica PLC (LON:CNA) added 1.43% or 3.10 points to end at 219.50 and Shire PLC (LON:SHP) was up 0.96% or 45.00 points to 4721.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO), which lost 4.70% or 39.00 points to trade at 791.50 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LON:GLEN) declined 4.38% or 14.00 points to end at 305.75 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) shed 4.31% or 39.50 points to 877.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1364 to 587 and 419 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.43% or 5.35 to $1253.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.73% or 0.35 to hit $47.62 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.06 to trade at $50.86 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.84% to 1.2578, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8644.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.