Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Financial Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 2.08% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 1.56% or 19.00 points to trade at 1233.00 at the close. Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) added 1.03% or 2.200 points to end at 216.100 and Inmarsat PLC (LON:ISA) was up 0.99% or 7.00 points to 710.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included G4S PLC (LON:GFS), which lost 5.02% or 9.40 points to trade at 178.00 in late trade. Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) declined 4.21% or 2.8200 points to end at 64.2300 and SKY PLC (LON:SKYB) shed 3.67% or 34.00 points to 891.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1871 to 314 and 368 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.81% or 10.35 to $1286.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.47% or 0.23 to hit $48.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.23 to trade at $50.31 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.18% to 1.4230, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7929.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 94.46.