Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food & Drug Retailers, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Construction & Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 1.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were ARM Holdings PLC (LONDON:ARM), which rose 1.50% or 14.00 points to trade at 948.00 at the close. International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LONDON:ICAG) added 1.20% or 7.00 points to end at 590.50 and BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) was up 1.04% or 11.00 points to 1068.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (LONDON:MRW), which lost 4.48% or 7.40 points to trade at 157.80 in late trade. Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) declined 4.41% or 5.9000 points to end at 127.9000 and Antofagasta PLC (LONDON:ANTO) shed 2.47% or 15.00 points to 592.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1339 to 762 and 475 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.37% or 4.10 to $1107.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.68% or 0.75 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 2.99% or 1.47 to trade at $47.58 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.01% to 1.5423, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.7335.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 95.40.