Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Life Insurance/Assurance, Food & Drug Retailers and General Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Burberry Group PLC (LON:BRBY), which rose 0.57% or 8.000 points to trade at 1409.000 at the close. London Stock Exchange Group PLC (LON:LSE) added 0.53% or 15.00 points to end at 2844.00 and Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) was up 0.47% or 10.00 points to 2134.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (LON:IHG), which lost 5.69% or 187.00 points to trade at 3098.00 in late trade. Pearson PLC (LON:PSON) declined 4.22% or 32.00 points to end at 726.00 and Barratt Developments PLC (LON:BDEV) shed 4.08% or 20.300 points to 476.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1647 to 495 and 458 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.65 to $1343.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.15% or 1.40 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.80% or 1.30 to trade at $47.78 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2975, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 95.12.