Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction & Materials, Industrial Metals & Mining and Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 fell 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Weir Group (LONDON:WEIR), which rose 4.08% or 74.00 points to trade at 1887.00 at the close. Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN) added 2.56% or 7.40 points to end at 296.90 and Standard Chartered (LONDON:STAN) was up 1.95% or 20.00 points to 1044.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CRH (LONDON:CRH), which lost 3.90% or 70.00 points to trade at 1727.00 in late trade. Experian Plc (LONDON:EXPN) declined 2.27% or 27.00 points to end at 1160.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LONDON:RBS) shed 2.21% or 8.30 points to 367.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1349 to 715 and 413 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was up 0.17% or 2.00 to $1166.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 1.39% or 0.69 to hit $50.30 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 1.84% or 1.10 to trade at $58.72 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.56% to 1.5121, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.7178.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.64.