Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Software & Computer Services and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Intertek Group PLC (LONDON:ITRK), which rose 11.20% or 274.00 points to trade at 2721.00 at the close. Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LONDON:RR) added 5.92% or 47.00 points to end at 841.00 and International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LONDON:ICAG) was up 3.18% or 17.00 points to 551.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Anglo American PLC (LONDON:AAL), which lost 3.97% or 32.20 points to trade at 779.00 in late trade. BHP Billiton PLC (LONDON:BLT) declined 3.85% or 45.50 points to end at 1137.00 and Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) shed 3.68% or 7.65 points to 200.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1286 to 1256 and 505 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 4.40 to $1090.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.08% or 1.45 to hit $45.67 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 4.32% or 2.25 to trade at $49.95 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.18% to 1.5599, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.7024.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 97.54.