Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Mining and Banks sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Group 4 Securicor Plc (LONDON:GFS), which rose 3.28% or 9.30 points to trade at 293.20 at the close. easyJet Plc (LONDON:EZJ) added 2.63% or 46.00 points to end at 1798.00 and Shire Plc (LONDON:SHP) was up 2.47% or 125.00 points to 5190.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Chartered (LONDON:STAN), which lost 4.66% or 45.40 points to trade at 928.10 in late trade. HSBC Holdings Plc (LONDON:HSBA) declined 4.63% or 28.00 points to end at 577.20 and Anglo American (LONDON:AAL) shed 3.89% or 48.50 points to 1198.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1140 to 912 and 415 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.50% or 6.00 to $1198.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April fell 3.25% or 1.65 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.60% or 0.96 to trade at $59.26 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.45% to 1.5465, while EUR/GBP fell 0.72% to 0.7332.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 94.64.