Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food Producers, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and General Industrial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.46% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES), which rose 4.55% or 55.00 points to trade at 1263.00 at the close. Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK) added 3.21% or 36.00 points to end at 1156.50 and BP PLC (LON:BP) was up 1.53% or 7.10 points to 469.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capita PLC (LON:CPI), which lost 3.95% or 5.95 points to trade at 144.70 in late trade. Micro Focus International PLC (LON:MCRO) declined 3.24% or 31.00 points to end at 925.00 and Paddy Power Betfair PLC (LON:PPB) shed 2.98% or 220.00 points to 7155.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1189 to 754 and 148 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.37% or 5.00 to $1354.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.74% or 0.49 to hit $65.39 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.41 to trade at $69.40 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 0.73% to 1.4234, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8742.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 88.64.