Investing.com – U.K. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Mobile Telecommunications, Industrial Metals & Mining and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 declined 0.48% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Centrica PLC (LON:CNA), which rose 3.02% or 2.80 points to trade at 95.40 at the close. National Grid PLC (LON:NG) added 1.69% or 14.10 points to end at 849.60 and Compass Group PLC (LON:CPG) was up 1.38% or 23.50 points to 1730.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ITV PLC (LON:ITV), which lost 6.33% or 7.55 points to trade at 111.80 in late trade. Tui AG (LON:TUIT) declined 5.65% or 46.80 points to end at 781.00 and Vodafone Group PLC (LON:VOD) shed 5.19% or 7.22 points to 131.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1566 to 574 and 289 ended unchanged on the London Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.07% or 13.75 to $1301.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.30% or 0.80 to hit $60.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.73 to trade at $69.89 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.35% to 1.2954, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8674.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 97.090.