Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Mining and Industrial Metals & Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO), which rose 1.51% or 20.00 points to trade at 1343.50 at the close. Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC (LON:RB) added 1.33% or 83.00 points to end at 6322.00 and Marks and Spencer Group PLC (LON:MKS) was up 1.15% or 3.40 points to 298.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which lost 4.70% or 70.50 points to trade at 1430.50 in late trade. Smith & Nephew PLC (LON:SN) declined 4.04% or 56.50 points to end at 1341.50 and Babcock International Group PLC (LON:BAB) shed 3.86% or 31.60 points to 786.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1365 to 630 and 317 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.82% or 10.30 to $1244.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $73.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.75% or 1.39 to trade at $77.84 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.63% to 1.3128, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 94.79.