Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 lost 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Imperial Brands PLC (LON:IMB), which rose 3.07% or 109.50 points to trade at 3681.00 at the close. British Land Company PLC (LON:BLND) added 2.70% or 18.50 points to end at 703.50 and Ashtead Group PLC (LON:AHT) was up 2.70% or 24.00 points to 914.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL), which lost 7.33% or 53.70 points to trade at 679.10 in late trade. Standard Chartered PLC (LON:STAN) declined 6.40% or 35.600 points to end at 520.600 and BHP Billiton PLC (LON:BLT) shed 5.80% or 57.30 points to 930.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1077 to 954 and 482 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.93% or 11.40 to $1241.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.62% or 0.71 to hit $43.02 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.41 to trade at $44.66 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.56% to 1.4484, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7780.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 94.73.