Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Forestry & Paper and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 lost 1.97% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Intertek Group (LONDON:ITRK), which rose 2.06% or 50.00 points to trade at 2472.00 at the close. Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) added 0.59% or 26.00 points to end at 4400.00 and Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) was up 0.36% or 2.50 points to 700.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TUI AG (LONDON:TUIT), which lost 7.10% or 79.00 points to trade at 1034.00 in late trade. International Airlines Group (LONDON:ICAG) declined 4.14% or 21.30 points to end at 493.20 and Standard Life Plc (LONDON:SL) shed 3.74% or 17.80 points to 458.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2459 to 282 and 303 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.33% or 3.90 to $1177.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.95% or 1.16 to hit $58.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 2.02% or 1.27 to trade at $61.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.19% to 1.5780, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7090.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 95.30.