Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Fixed Line Telecommunications, Mining and Aerospace & Defense sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 fell 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Whitbread PLC (LON:WTB), which rose 1.20% or 35.00 points to trade at 2,945.00 at the close. Pershing Square Holdings Ltd (LON:PSHP) added 1.06% or 40.00 points to end at 3,804.00 and Schroders PLC (LON:SDR) was up 1.02% or 3.20 points to 316.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which lost 2.30% or 14.50 points to trade at 616.00 in late trade. Antofagasta PLC (LON:ANTO) declined 1.76% or 28.50 points to end at 1,590.50 and Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON:RR) shed 1.32% or 7.60 points to 570.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 948 to 737 and 739 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.58% or 15.19 to $2,616.71 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.29% or 0.91 to hit $71.51 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.91% or 0.67 to trade at $74.46 a barrel.
GBP/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.25, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 108.01.