Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Software & Computer Services and Industrial Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which rose 3.19% or 17.00 points to trade at 550.50 at the close. Berkeley Group Hldgs (LON:BKGH) added 2.10% or 65.00 points to end at 3158.00 and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT) was up 2.04% or 61.00 points to 3045.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 4.87% or 84.00 points to trade at 1641.00 in late trade. Micro Focus International (LON:MCRO) declined 3.80% or 95.00 points to end at 2404.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) shed 1.91% or 145.00 points to 7455.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1275 to 689 and 414 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.26% or 3.26 to $1268.14 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.87% or 0.40 to hit $46.23 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.34 to trade at $48.49 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.75% to 1.2651, while EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 97.23.