Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Oil & Gas Producers and Food & Drug Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were WPP PLC (LON:WPP), which rose 4.10% or 70.00 points to trade at 1778.00 at the close. Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) added 3.43% or 240.00 points to end at 7240.00 and Anglo American PLC (LON:AAL) was up 2.87% or 31.50 points to 1131.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Next PLC (LON:NXT), which lost 3.18% or 158.00 points to trade at 4816.00 in late trade. Shire PLC (LON:SHP) declined 2.75% or 131.50 points to end at 4650.00 and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (LON:RBS) shed 2.53% or 4.900 points to 189.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1454 to 839 and 470 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.85 to $1275.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 3.10% or 1.51 to hit $47.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.35% or 1.70 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.30% to 1.2228, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8977.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 98.36.